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“Every generation must find a way to leave the planet, leave this little spaceship, Earth, this little piece of real estate, a little better than we found it – a little cleaner, a little greener and a little more peaceful. I think that’s our calling.”

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“As I left downtown after lunch, I thought about the protest advice I heard: wear a helmet, body protection and a gas mask to be ready for the police.”

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“Blessed be they who are not Patriots and Idealists. And who do not feel they must dash right in and Do Something About It, something so immediately important that all doubters must be liquidated, tortured, slaughtered!”

64 One of the protestors when Ivanka Trump came to town on July 27. See page 8 for details. Photo by Richard Thomas.

inbox Waiting and staring The same people telling us we should wear masks are pretty much the same ones who told us we were attacked by 19 men with box cutters, and thus we should attack and destroy Afghanistan and Iraq, two countries not remotely connected to the event, even if you are a believer in the official story.

The two events are connected because once we accepted the first without question we put down the welcome mat for the coming of all that has followed from that day onward.

We can only wait and stare out the window in anticipation of what will come of the current “crisis.”

Mike Palecek Saginaw, Minnesota It is happening here For some, a mask mandate is seen as tyranny or some weird form of communism, even though we are in the midst of a deadly pandemic.

Yet, many of them see unidentified paramilitary being deployed on our streets to teargas, beat, abduct and shoot people exercising their 1st Amendment Rights of free speech and assembly as something to cheer about.

Some Facebook anti-mask people also advocate running protesters over with vehicles. What has become of this nation?

The authoritarian bent of the President is on full display with his deployment of camo-wearing unidentified paramilitary troops into cities where the officials don’t want them. Protecting the federal building is fine, but there’s no need to abduct people off the street, no need to shoot people with “less lethal” rounds, no need to deploy teargas on American citizens that are exercising their First Amendment rights. To do so, is to violate their Constitutional rights. Collective punishment is not only immoral and illegal, it incites further protest, it escalates the very issue they are pretending to address.

And to label protesters as a whole as “violent” (a technique despots use) to justify their actions and scapegoat people is unacceptable.

The President is performing fascism to orchestrate chaos, something that “can’t happen here.” Well, it’s happening, it’s a sign we’re losing our Republic, that our democracy is dying.

WE MUST STAND AGAINST THIS. We must not go down that road, we must remember that we fought a World

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War against fascism. Let us remember the lessons of history.

Sanda Oslin Grand Marais, Minnesota Stable geniuses Science seems to be terrifying to Donald Trump, current Republican occupant of our White House, and his followers.

It needn’t be. One way to look at science is as a large form to be filled out. There are many questions on the form, and the more that are answered accurately, the better the picture will be that someone is able to get from the form.

Now Mr. Trump is asking everyone to wear masks. The coronavirus has gotten so out of hand, he’s forced to put aside his arrogance, ego and hubris in order to compete against President Obama in seeking a second term.

Trump has obviously hated Obama for years. Trump’s attitudes have caused his many bankruptcies (a bankruptcy is where you force other people to pay your bills.)

Masks should’ve been mandated on Feb.1, when there was two feet of snow on the ground, not July 23rd.

We’d have been on the out-side of this pandemic by now, finding ways to go back to work like other countries.

Instead MAGA had turned us into a third-world country. We’re in last place in terms of coronavirus – “Trump’s virus.”

Trump’s pride had smarted off, so he wouldn’t wear a mask. His followers followed, to the point of belligerence and occasional violence. When they got sick, all those trying to save their lives were wearing masks. They made medical nuisances of themselves, at Trump’s direction.

Trump is frequently tested, as is everyone around him. How many of his followers can claim the same?

Are masks the end-all? No. Think of a building with several doors. Someone is trying to get in who shouldn’t be. The more doors that you lock, the more likely they’ll give up and leave, before finding that one door you didn’t lock.

A. Martin Merrifield, Minnesota How Dare They! (For Greta) Here is a poem I wrote on Sept. 25, 2019, after seeing Greta Thunberg speak to the UN: HOW DARE THEY! (FOR GRETA) I feel her anger,

I hurt for her pain, I refuse to watch A young person’s heart Smothered and silenced again!

Maturity neither lives nor survives In the sinister lies of oil soaked eyes While they hide their gluttony and their disguise Their selfish greed keeps telling us lies, when killing our children should make all of them cry!

They’re destroying the world with their own ugly sins, Selling our children for favors unknow, Hoping to crush innocent minds, And mute the voices that dare to disrupt, In the heads of children who’ll never give up!

Their fearful parents try and tie back their untested wings, Lest their burning dreams threaten the slumber of Kings So Greta, you must never back down From the brutes and bullies who call you a clown!

They won’t hesitate to spit in your eyes Lest your brave young heart sees through their disguise And they’ll devour your guts Just to silence a mind that will never give up, As you reveal their words as (truly) profane!

People like you are the hope of this world You see their deceptions, you hear all their lies, And your young strong voices will never subside, nor will you ever quit taking the chance To end all the bullshit and teach us to dance.

Peter W. Johnson Superior, Wisconsin Hat trick of hypocrisy On Monday, July 27th, Duluth experienced a hat trick of hypocrisy when Ivanka Trump. the Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt, and Congressman Pete Stauber visited a local business to promote the “Pledge to American Workers.” Never mind that Ivanka Trump’s brand used Chinese labor for years, and that she still owns many Chinese patents. Never mind that she rents her mansion

from the billionaire owner of the Chilean mining company which wants to do sulfide mining near the BWCA. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt is a former oil and mining lobbyist, who, like all Trump’s appointed foxes guarding the various hen houses, is out to dismantle the regulatory state. Congressman Stauber promotes this Pledge to American Workers, but he voted against the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, disappointing unions who supported it. So there you have it. A local business supplied the props for this propaganda stunt, which was acted out to re-elect an authoritarian sociopath to be the president of the United States.

Smile shamelessly for the camera, Ivanka, David and Pete, but your reality show-from-hell will be cancelled in November.

David Sorensen Duluth, Minnesota Open letter to Rep Stauber Dear Rep. Stauber, Our government is behaving monstrously, some of the worst abuses include children in cages at the border, people dying of COVID-19 in detention camps, deporting COVIDpositive people to Haiti and giving the majority of economic relief to the wealthy.

Our national park lands are being sold and degraded for corporate profits.

The president is using the U.S. military against peaceful citizens. We now have agents of the federal government kidnapping citizens from the streets of Portland and Columbus.

It is well past time for leaders i Congress to put an end to the worst abuses of the president. I realize the party is brutal to those who step out of line, but courage is contagious.

Mr. Stauber, I don’t expect you to singlehandedly rein in the Trump administration, but it would sure be great top see you try. Thank you for your time.

Margaret Sternberg Duluth, Minnesota

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Value essential workers?

Raise the minimum wage Every day in these hard times, grocery workers and delivery drivers, health care aides and cleaning staff, child care workers and fast food cooks, go to work for $7.25 an hour, the federal minimum wage.

It’s been $7.25 since July 24, 2009.

That’s 11 years without an increase – the longest period in history without a raise.

Some people say we can’t raise the minimum wage now because times are hard. Well, if we hadn’t raised the minimum wage in hard times, we wouldn’t have a minimum wage to begin with.

The federal minimum wage was enacted in 1938 during the Great Depression to put a floor under wages nationally and boost the economy by increasing consumer purchasing power.

President Franklin Roosevelt called the minimum wage “an essential part of economic recovery.” He said millions of workers “receive pay so low that they have little buying power. Aside from the undoubted fact that they thereby suffer great human hardship, they are unable to buy adequate food and shelter, to maintain health or to buy their share of manufactured goods.”

The minimum wage reached its high point in buying power back in 1968, when it was worth $12.06 in today’s dollars, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Inflation Calculator.

Minimum wage increases have been too little, too late to keep up with the rising cost of living, much less provide workers a fair share of economic

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“Raising pay at the bottom is a very efficient way to lift the economy since it puts money in the pockets of people who most need to spend it.”

Holly Sklar CEO of Business for a Fair Minimum Wage

growth since the 1960s.

The federal minimum wage amounts to just $15,080 a year for full-time work. Millions of people working for low pay at the minimum wage and above it couldn’t make ends meet even before the COVID-19 pandemic hit.

Local businesses depend on local customers who make enough to buy what they are selling – from food and clothes to haircuts and car repairs.

Raising the minimum wage will

give needed raises to workers who will then have more to spend as customers.

Consumer spending makes up about 70% of our economy. Raising pay at the bottom is a very efficient way to lift the economy since it puts money in the pockets of people who most need to spend it.

Many businesses support raising the minimum wage. They have seen the benefits of higher pay in lower worker turnover, reduced hiring and training costs, lower error rates, increased productivity and greater customer satisfaction. They know it will increase consumer spending and help level the playing field.

“People can’t spend money at local businesses like mine if they don’t have it, which is why raising the minimum wage is all the more important now,” says Michael O’Connor, a barbershop owner in Pennsylvania, where the minimum wage is still $7.25.

Keeping the minimum wage stuck in the past will not help small businesses compete with big businesses during and after this pandemic. Costco, Amazon and Target already pay a $15 minimum wage throughout the country.

If small businesses are to survive and grow, they will need employees who want to work for them and customers who want to buy from them – whether they are ordering for delivery or coming in the store.

Decent wages and good customer service will be even more crucial.

We can’t say we value people’s work and not pay them enough to live on.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Raise the Wage Act in 2019, which would gradually increase the federal minimum wage to $15 by 2025. That gives businesses five years to phase in a wage that Costco,

Target, Amazon, Organic Valley, Dr. Bronner’s, Illegal Pete’s restaurants, ECOS, Room & Board, and many other businesses large and small already pay or surpass today.

It’s time for action in the Senate – and for more action in the states.

We’re in a generation-defining crisis. Raising the minimum wage is essential – along with measures such as grants to small businesses to make it through the pandemic and increased government purchasing from small businesses going forward.

Working together we can save lives, save livelihoods and build a shared recovery.

Holly Sklar is the CEO of Business for a Fair Minimum Wage, a national network of business owners and executives who believe a fair minimum wage makes good business sense. businessforafairminimumwage.org.

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Ivanka in the middle President Trump lost Minnesota in 2016 by only 1.5 percentage points, and said he would have won the state if he came here for “one more speech.” In 2019 and ‘20 he poured millions into his Minnesota campaign, as opposed to mere thousands four years ago. With a little more than three months until Election Day, he sends … his daughter.

Ivanka Trump visited Duluth to tout her father’s “Pledge to America’s Workers” campaign on July 27. She

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was hosted by one of the city’s oldest companies, Duluth Pack, founded in 1882.

Her stay was relatively brief while around 50 protesters chanted outside the store in Canal Park.

Duluth Pack’s involvement shocked many of its customers who saw a gobsmacking contradiction between its specialty, catering to outdoor enthusiasts, and Trump’s horrific environmental record.

The company’s marketing relies on images of pristine wilderness. Its website contains an outdoor guide, “How to Prepare for Your Boundary Waters Canoe and Wilderness Camping Trip.”

Trump, meanwhile, has claimed climate change is a hoax, promoted fossil fuels, withdrawn from the Paris Climate Accord, rolled back

Protesters outside Duluth Pack on July 27. Photos by Richard Thomas. support of clean energy and weakened and eliminated many environmental protections.

Closer to home, in 2017 the Trump Administration renewed Twin Metals’ mining leases, which had been blocked by the Obama Administration.

Twin Metals plans to build a coppernickel mine near Ely and close to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

Even closer, Chilean billionaire Andronico Luksic, whose family controls Antofagasta, the global mining giant that just so happens to own Twin Metals, bought a Washington D.C. mansion in 2017 and rented it to Ivanka and her husband, Jared Kushner.

Ivanka Trump is no stranger to pushing the margins of ethics. Along with her siblings and husband, she holds a senior position in the administration, raising nepotism concerns. She is not paid for her job, but her private business profiteering has intertwined with her government role.

In 2017 the Chinese government granted her monopoly rights to sell Ivanka brand jewelry, bags and spa services. On the same day, she and Kushner dined with Chinese President Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago.

In 2018 she shut down her line of clothing, going further than other family members in suspending her

business activities. But two weeks ago, she courted controversy by promoting Goya products, in apparent defense of the company CEO who drew criticism for praising the president.

A former Democrat, she has tried to cast herself as an environmentalist. She attempted to convince her father that climate change is real, bringing Al Gore to meet with him, but her efforts did not stop the Paris accord exit.

She has promoted the One Trillion Trees Act and the Great American Outdoors Act, praised teen climate activist Greta Thunberg and tweeted pictures of her and Jared hiking in the wilderness.

Ivanka Trump is also co-chair of the National Council for the American Worker, an advisory body her father created in 2018. (Her own company’s products were made in India, China and other foreign countries.)

The council’s Pledge to the America’s Workers asks companies to expand programs that “educate, train, and reskill” workers. Around 430 companies have signed the pledge, but the council provides no financial support for such programs. Critics view it as meaningless except for show.

Duluth Pack did not respond by deadline to the Reader’s request for comment.

CEO Tom Sega has declined to comment to other media about

Trump’s environmental policies, though he told WDIO-TV, “This is not a political issue … To be chosen was an honor.”

Sega is a graduate of East High School and the University of Minnesota Duluth. After working for more than two decades in paper manufacturing sales, he became a partner in Duluth Pack in 2007.

“At that time, the company was struggling financially,” he told the online environmental magazine Once.

“Then, we were at 21 employees between our factory and flagship retail store. Today, we are at 110-plus employees.”

He also owns Spring Creek Manufacturing in Mountain Iron, which produces truck racks and outdoor accessories.

Claire Kirch, one of the protesters, reported on her Facebook page, “Ivanka and her entourage snuck into Duluth Pack through the alley. So a bunch of us went to the alley to wait for her to emerge. The drivers came out and drove the SUV’s to the entrance – so we RAN to the entrance of the store and when Ivanka and her entourage emerged, they SCURRIED to the SUVs as we SCREAMED AND JEERED! She

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did not stop for a second to even acknowledge us.”

Duluth Pack received immediate backlash from one of its business partners, Heart Berry, a native-owned company from the Fond du Lac Reservation.

In an online statement the same day as Ivanka’s visit, company owner

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Sarah Agaton Howes said, “It is with a heavy heart that we decided to end our collaboration today with Duluth Pack. As the only Native company that collaborates with Duluth Pack, we have to live and work in line with our values, and our community’s values.”

Local resident Timothy Soden-Groves has suggested a unique method of

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protest. In a video he takes his Duluth Pack briefcase and uses a knife to cut the stitching on the back of the leather company seal, removing it without damaging the pack. He then mails the seal to the company with a letter stating he “will not return as a customer until you have taken active, ongoing, effective and public measures to protect the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, the St. Louis River Watershed and the Waters of Lake Superior.”

Ivanka Trump and Tom Sega appear to be in the same boat, or, to make this a Boundary Waters metaphor, the same canoe.

Perhaps they are genuinely trying to temper the excesses of the Trump Administration and accentuate whatever positive side it has, but their effect seems negligible.

Meanwhile they have drawn the wrath of those they ostensibly side with, the environmentalists who see them as sell-outs. By trying to appeal to both sides, they satisfy neither.

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THIS IS NOT PORTLANDIA Former Duluthian reports on embattled city

Friday, July 24, I left my suburban home to visit downtown Portland to see for myself what was going on, a question I was getting from friends and family from my hometown of Duluth.

The unannounced arrival of 114 federal officers from the U.S. Department of Homeland Defense in early July put Portland in the national spotlight.

President CL Trump ordered the MINER deployment of these officers, saying Portland was out of control.

This was confusing as I thought the protests were waning, with violence confined to a few people at a fence provoking police after midnight in a couple block area. Maybe there was something I was missing.

Friday morning, I found things quiet as downtown workers, residents and police went about getting morning coffee at nearby the Starbucks. Things hadn’t changeD much since I retired in March after working downtown for 30 years. Except there are far fewer people.

As I approached the Mark O. Hatfield Federal Court House and Justice Center that houses the Portland Police Bureau, I saw plywood boards had been put up that had graffiti scrolled on them. Litter at the front of the federal courthouse showed what had been thrown at police the night before: water bottles and fruit.

I stroll a few blocks to a favorite restaurant to have soup for lunch and then go to my credit union. The latter was boarded up, but open. I was one of two customers there.

The owner of the restaurant told me coping with the impact of Covid-19 on her business is her biggest concern.

Covid-19 is a concern for me at that moment, but I am the only customer.

The owner said the protesters don’t come down her way, though they did take her neighbor’s wooden picnic tables to burn in front of the Justice Center.

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Smoke from fires and tear gas fired by members of the U.S. Border Patrol Tactical Unit cloud the area around the Mark O. Hatfield Federal Courthouse during protests on July 22. Photo by Tedder. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International.

After lunch, I pass by parks in front of the government buildings that extend three blocks along SW 3rd Street.

In one of the blocks, protesters are organizing themselves, carrying mostly Black Lives Matter signs and some that say “Feds Go Home.”

Since May 27 after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, thousands of people have marched in peaceful protests across Portland and its suburbs to stop police brutality and systemic racism.

Protesters have specific demands and response has been forthcoming, including a white woman stepping down and a black man stepping up to become Portland’s chief of police.

The Portland City Council has cut the police budget by millions and the governor called a special legislative session to address police accountability.

By the time federal officers arrived in early July, Portland was at a new juncture in the long struggle against systemic racism and for social justice with efforts being made across agencies, businesses, neighborhoods and households.

The number of protesters had decreased as had the violence which had eventually amounted to a catand-mouse game, culminating along a metal fence between protesters and the

Portland Police Bureau.

Most people in and around Portland slept quietly at night and were unimpeded in day-to-day routines, doing their best to cope with Covid-19.

So it took some days to process what was happening with the news of federal officers arriving and how they shot a peaceful protester in the face with a nonlethal weapon, now recovering from a skull fracture; assaulted journalists, clearly identifiable as such; and pulled protesters going home into unmarked vans without charges or explanation.

Rumors spread, including that one morning at 2 am, an Air Force plane circled the downtown area, and took photos of people on the ground with technology that can pick up the gold tooth in the mouth of a drug dealer.

By this time, the governor, mayor and congressional delegation had demanded the federal officers leave town.

Since federal agents arrived, 60 people have been detained or arrested, 46 face federal charges including arson, assault and failing to comply with lawful order. When these crimes occurred is unclear.

Protests are part of living in Portland, where freedom of assembly and speech are part of its culture. Many are

peaceful as last year when thousands of school children, teachers, parents and others marched for climate action.

Protests here have long drawn individuals with a philosophy that violence is a form of expression.

The current protest began with in initial cathartic response to George Floyd’s killing and included breaking window, stealing and arson. Over the weeks, violence subsided as about a few hundred core protesters gathered peacefully each afternoon, staying into the evening in front of the Justice Center and federal courthouse.

The violent element comes out at night, with objects thrown at officers and persistent climbing of the temporary metal fence put up in front of the buildings.

At some point the police disperse the crowd, often with tear gas. Since the federal officers arrived, thousands are protesting and violent behavior has increased. Yet, Oregon’s U.S. Attorney says these officers will remain until the violence ends.

As I left downtown after lunch, I thought about the protest advice I heard: wear a helmet, body protection and a gas mask to be ready for the police. Advice the Portland mayor needed earlier in the week when at about 11 pm federal officers sent three rounds of tear gas into the mostly peaceful crowd of 2,000 he was in.

This weekend veterans joined the protests after earlier a Navy veteran asked the officers if they thought what they are doing is constitutional; they answered him with police batons and broke his hand in two places.

Moms in yellow now build a human wall backed up by dads with leaf blowers to protect young people from federal officers at the protests.

Grandmothers with aprons have joined in.

My moment of clarity finally came in watching the reporting over the weekend when a black grandmother said she was there because she wants her grandchildren to grow up in another kind of world than exists today.

This is what the 60-day protest is about.

CL Miner is a Duluthian who now lives in Sherwood, Oregon.

State contacting those possibly exposed to virus At current infection rates, it might not do much good

By Greta Kaul | MinnPost Staff Writer If you test positive for COVID-19 in Minnesota, you’re going to get a phone call from a public health worker who wants to know who you are, where you likely picked up the virus and whom you might have spread it to.

These efforts to test, trace and isolate COVID-19 cases have been ongoing since the start of the pandemic, in which time the number of people making the calls has increased from about 20 to hundreds.

The good news is that the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) thinks it now has enough contact tracers to handle the state’s current caseload.

The bad: The number of daily new cases in Minnesota is so high that contact tracing may be of little use in containing the epidemic.

Contact tracing is nothing new – it’s used routinely to intervene in measles, whooping cough and other outbreaks.

But unlike those diseases, which vaccines and antibiotics fend off, there isn’t a cure for COVID yet. All public health officials can do in this case is recommend to those who have been exposed to the novel coronavirus to distance themselves from others.

“We have to rely on the nonpharmaceutical stuff. It’s a little bit like turning back the clock to 1918,” said Kathy Como-Sabetti, an MDH epidemiologist, referring to the flu epidemic.

The current contact tracing strategy revolves around phone calls. “We call people, we do an interview, we ask for their contacts, we call their contacts,” Como-Sabetti said.

So when someone tests positive, they can expect to get a phone call from a contact tracer asking them information about demographics like age, race and ethnicity, where they live, what their living situation looks like and where they might have acquired the virus.

“Have you been out and about? Have you been to bars and restaurants, doing

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sports, whatever it may be,” ComoSabetti said.

When a tracer gets a case, they call, and leave a voicemail if the person doesn’t pick up, asking them to return the call. Refusal rates are pretty low – around 3 percent, Como-Sabetti said.

Tracers also ask about a person’s contacts. Going back 48 hours before the person developed symptoms, or 48 hours before they were tested for those who are asymptomatic, the contact tracer determines whom the positive case was at risk of exposing to coronavirus.

Oftentimes, the main people exposed to a positive case are the people who live with them, and those household contacts are already aware that their family member or roommate has COVID-19.

But additional calls are made to others who may have been at risk of exposure. That typically includes anyone who was within 6 feet of a person for at least 15 minutes.

Tracers consider social contacts and workplace contacts. In some employment situations, such as if someone works at a child-care facility, public health officials coordinate with the employer to help determine who was exposed and how to best notify people.

The situation gets trickier in some social settings – like bars, which have been catalysts for outbreaks in the last month-or-so.

“There really isn’t a good way to get ahold of every person who came to a bar,” Como-Sabetti said. “For that reason, we have been providing bar and restaurant names when we have evidence of transmission and they meet a certain threshold that we feel comfortable.”

In the last month, for example, MDH has announced outbreaks stemming from bars including Cowboy Jack’s and the Kollege Klub in Minneapaolis and Rounders Sports Bar and 507 in the Mankato area.

People who are deemed at risk of possible exposure to COVID-19 are asked to stay home and quarantine for 14 days after their last exposure to the positive case.

When the pandemic started, MDH had about 20 workers doing contact tracing. Today, between Minnesota Department of Health and local public health officials, plus a contractor with workers available to provide surge staffing, there are currently a potential 800 people making contact tracing

phone calls in Minnesota.

How many contact tracers are needed to adequately manage a pandemic depends on whom you ask, and what the spread of COVID-19 looks like at any given time. A staffing calculator by researchers at George Washington University suggests a baseline of 15 tracers per 100,000 population, which suggests Minnesota would need about 882. But it also has a staffing output that takes into account current case loads and suggests Minnesota needs more than 3,000 contact tracers.

A mid-June report by National Public Radio found that only 14 states had the staffing levels or had reserve staff adequate to meet their state’s needs based on case counts, using the GW metrics. Minnesota wasn’t one of them.

The current staff in Minnesota has been enough to handle caseloads, Como-Sabetti said – MDH has reported between about 500 and 862 new cases daily in recent days – but MDH is planning for a potential worst-case scenario where cases rise in the fall,

leading to a doubling or tripling of current staff levels. Como-Sabetti said MDH will likely make a proposal to the state for funds to reach those levels.

The department is also looking to add technology that would streamline the process for people who don’t need as much guidance, including texting people or having part of their interviews done as a survey online.

Contact tracing as a means of preventing a virus’ spread works best when there isn’t a lot of transmission of the virus in the community. That’s because when there are few infections, it’s easier to test, trace and isolate the people who have them and any potential contacts.

That’s part of what makes it so important to get the number of cases down. It actually becomes feasible to test, trace and isolate a large share of the cases when there are fewer of them, said Michael Osterholm, the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota.

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Be on the lookout for algae blooms on Lake Superior UMD researchers identify factors that contribute to blooms

A team of researchers led by Bob Sterner, director of the Large Lakes Observatory (LLO) at University of Minnesota-Duluth (UMD), has identified two major factors that contribute to the presence of cyanobacterial algae blooms on Lake Superior and one is already in play.

“It’s been a warm year and past blooms have happened in warm years,” said Sterner. “The other factor we’re looking for is a major weather event or historic rainfall.”

Sterner is the lead researcher of a group at UMD that in partnership with the National Park Service has been gathering and examining data on algae blooms along Lake Superior’s southern shore since 2011 to get a better understanding of what causes them. He is also part of a much broader Algal Bloom Response Team that is sharing information and coordinating resources to monitor and help protect the lake from toxic blooms.

The Response Team includes representatives from Northland College, the Wisconsin DNR, the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Park Service and the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.

Sterner explains that the broader involvement of these agencies improves researchers’ ability to learn of blooms that pop up and respond to gather more information. The public has a part to play in assisting this effort, too.

“Floating green scum indicates a bloom and we’d like people to take photos, note the location, size of the

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bloom, place and time and, if it can be done safely, collect a water sample,” said Sterner. To report an algae bloom email DNRHABS@wisconsin.gov.

The team is not able to test every bloom, but these details are helpful: • Approximate bloom size • Duration • Location with water body name, town name and county name • Photos for verification, including close-ups and overall views The first documented Lake Superior bloom occurred in 2012. Another, even larger bloom in 2018 provided an opportunity to gather valuable data. No evidence of toxicity in Lake Superior blooms has yet been seen, but Sterner said certain environmental factors like high nitrogen levels can trigger toxicity.

“Lake Superior is high in nitrogen, but we haven’t seen a toxic bloom yet, so we keep watching,” said Sterner.

“We’ve gotten off the ground floor by identifying some underlying causes for these algal blooms, warmer than average lake temperatures and major storm events, but we need to keep going.”

Many UMD students have been part of the research team. PhD candidate Kaitlin Reinl spent many months collecting water and sediment samples and analyzing the data gathered.

“I think most people think of Lake Superior as enormous and pristine, but we’re starting to feel the effects of a changing climate with the lake temperature rising,” said Reinl. “We have an opportunity to be proactive instead of reactive and we need people to be aware of this research and how they can help us.”

To learn more, visit– scse.d.umn.edu.

Building peaceful new traditions “Tradition! Without our traditions, our lives would be as shaky as... as a fiddler on the roof! …Because of our traditions everyone knows who he is and what God expects him to do.” From the musical Fiddler on the Roof.

Traditions can be good and useful for people. As the famous song from the musical suggests, traditions provide stability for society. Some traditions bring enjoyment and festiveness into our lives. But traditions can also become cages that imprison the mind, restrict people’s options, and blind us to needed changes.

The English novelist William Somerset Maugham once wrote, “Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.”

In last week’s article I said we need to get rid of the many racist symbols, names, and monuments that still occupy too many public places. We must end the traditions that foster hate, division and exclusion.

Matthew Scully is a conservative Republican author and speechwriter for numerous Republicans. including President George W. Bush. He has written that, “Sometimes tradition and habit are just that, comfortable excuses to leave things be, even when they are unjust and unworthy...”

This aptly describes much of “southern heritage.” It also is applicable to other traditions we need to change.

It is long overdue to end the use of offensive references to Native Americans for sports team names, logos and mascots. After years of Native American agitation, the Washington, D.C. football team is finally dropping the use of “redskins.” News reports say the team owners were ultimately forced into this decision by their advertisers.

This proves the name isn’t about “tradition.”

Professional sports are businesses.

It is all about the money. Rich white guys buy teams for the testosterone rush and tax write offs. The owners of professional teams have no hesitation to change a team name or move it to another city when the local community refuses to subsidize their profit margin with new, fancy stadiums.

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An aside: I would suggest the Washington “Forked Tongues” as a new team name. It is certainly appropriate for the primary industry of the city.

The name “Rednecks” would fit many of the team’s fans.

Many sports team names are intended to portray toughness and warlike qualities that strike fear into the hearts of the opposition. The Washington “Socialists” would fit this requirement. All the right wing politicians are terrified of “creeping socialism.” They think it is a powerful monster that undermines our moral fiber, subverts our children, and is destroying the country. The Washington Socialists vs the Houston Oilers would be an epic all-American battle.

Seriously, there are many college and high school teams still using offensive names that also need to be changed. These symbols are not about community solidarity, team pride or anyone’s heritage. They are about not caring about others and being too lazy to move beyond the “comfortable excuses.”

Something being called a tradition doesn’t mean it is good. Nor is something right just because it is old. New team names would soon be fostering positive team spirit while not being offensive. We can easily replace the offensive names and create new traditions.

The same could be said for our “hunting heritage.” This is just a convenient excuse to oppose sensible gun regulation. It is used by those who profit financially, or politically, from having more guns than people in this country. The nostalgic “traditions” of father and son bonding over the hunt, or the hunting shack camaraderie, are long gone. Hunting to supply food for the family is almost gone. Hunting as a sport is declining with fewer participants each year. Today’s kids all have their heads in a computer screen.

They are not about to get up at dawn to freeze their asses off in a tree stand.

Get real, granddad!

Then there is the tradition of voting on Tuesdays. Tuesday’s are a work day and is very inconvenient for most people.

Of course we couldn’t do anything sensible like have voting by mail, online, or with convenient ATM-like kiosks. The unsupported claims that voter fraud would result is only the excuse to “leave things be, even when they are unjust and unworthy...”

“Our society should be as proud of those who fight for alternatives to war as it is of those who fight wars.” – Dr. Michael Knox, founder of the U.S. Peace Memorial Foundation We can build better traditions. In the past the barn raising was supposedly a common tradition. Friends and neighbors would come together to turn the large task of building a barn into a community event. Many hands made for light work.

Today there are many examples of similar, community-minded work being done by charitable groups, nonprofit organizations, and individual volunteers. We should be honoring what makes our society and people’s lives better.

There are many positive events and people in our history that need to be remembered. There are many labor leaders, social reformers, civil rights activists and peacemakers who are much more deserving of remembrance and honor than any generals. These “heroes” could be the foundation for

new traditions that emphasize our “better angels” instead of war and militarism.

The U.S. Peace Memorial Foundation (uspeacememorial.org) is working to change this at the national level.

They want to build a monument in Washington, D.C. to honor individuals and organizations who have worked for peace.

Dr. Michael Knox, founder of the U.S. Peace Memorial Foundation, reminds us, “Our society should be as proud of those who fight for alternatives to war as it is of those who fight wars.”

As the statues of slave owners and Confederate generals come down, they should be replaced with monuments to peace and justice.

Duluth is an example of what is possible. Duluth has done much better than many communities in honoring peacemakers. It has the Clayton Jackson McGhie Memorial, Lake Place Plaza Peace Statue, and the Enger Park Japanese Peace Bell. Recently the Peace Walk was organized to connect many of these monuments.

Duluth originated a model program for policing domestic violence. Duluth has a robust Sister Cities organization building good will and cultural understanding with five foreign cities.

Duluth is blessed with a strong activist community. There are many people deserving of honor for the efforts to help people and build a better, cleaner and more just society.

We can build new and better traditions.

We can honor all the good that is happening in our society instead of continuing to promote things that divide us.

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Thomas J. Slattery 10/22/1952 – 7/19/2020 Thomas J. Slattery, 67, of Duluth, died at Solvay Hospice House. Tom grew up on Park Point and lived in the Duluth area all his life. Tom courageously struggled with multiple health issues the past seven years. He was in the last graduating class of the old Central High School in 1971. He attended the Duluth Vocational Technical Institute with a degree in Business and Marketing. In his sales career he worked at Livingston’s Big Duluth, Minnesota Surplus stores, Miller Hill Subaru, and Krenzen Automotive.

He retired in 2013. Tom met his wife to be, Jan Leone, in high school. They were married in June 1974 and recently celebrated their 46th wedding anniversary.

They were volunteers at Animal Allies over the years and were involved with dog rescue, care, and fostering.

Their current rescue dog Misty continues to look for him every day. In his younger years, Tom played softball, coached little league, and enjoyed skiing, fishing, and golf. He enjoyed fantasy football league and was a member of the All American Club. He was also a member of St. John’s Parish. Raising three loving children was his pride and joy. Tom was known for being very sociable with a great sense of humor. A private family Mass of Christian Burial service and burial will be held.

Arrangements by Dougherty Funeral Home.

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James H, Manderfeld 4/26/1925 – 7/22/2020 James H. Manderfeld, 95, died surrounded by family in Duluth after a short battle with Multiple Myeloma. Born in St. Paul and raised in the Como Park neighborhood, Jim attended St. Andrew’s Grade School and Murray High School where he was the 1943 senior class president.

He was an Army Air Corps veteran and one of the first Americans to land in Japan at the conclusion of World War II. He attended Michigan State, the University of Minnesota, and the Chicago Academy of Accountancy on the GI-Bill. His career revolved around the automobile business where he worked in finance and, later, as the general manager for a network of dealerships. In 1977, he purchased Metro Chrysler-Plymouth and moved with his family from Roseville to Duluth, where he lived the rest of his life.

Jim was a 43-year member of Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary Parish and of the Serra Ministry, and a past volunteer at Benedictine Chapel. He will be remembered as a man who loved his family and valued his faith. Jim was a hardworking businessman who cared about treating customers and employees fairly. He was a true gentleman in every sense of the word. Jim’s family will celebrate his life with a private mass on July 31, with internment following at Calvary Cemetery.

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Diep Van Vu 7/27/1952 – 7/17/2020 Diep Van Vu, 67, of Proctor, died at home with his family by his side. He was born in Saigon to Qui Van Vu and Tu Thi Nguyen. Diep left Vietnam for America on one of the last flights out before the fall of Saigon. He was a member of the South Vietnamese Air Force. Diep married Laura Lundquist on June 24, 1978, in Duluth. He retired from Delta Airlines as an aircraft mechanic. He enjoyed cooking, eating, golfing, shopping, traveling and time spent with his family. He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers Ket Van Vu, and Ut Van Vu, and a sister Thanh Kim Vu. He is survived by his wife Laura, son Tuan Anh Vu, daughters Diep (Hai Dao) Tran, Amy Kim Vu, and Michele Kim (Tim) Manns, grandchildren Hai Jr. and Kaylee Dao, Taye and Tairell Manns, siblings Loan Kim Vu, Hoang Van Vu, Lien Kim Vu, Nhan Kim Vu, and Thu Kim Vu, many nieces and nephews including Tram (Adam) Larson, and Duc Tran, and cousins, and friends. Visitation will be held July 23, from 5-7 pm in Williams-LobermeierBoettcher Funeral Home, Duluth. Visitation continues on Friday, July 24, from 10 am until the 11 am funeral service in the funeral home.

Burial will be in Oneota Cemetery.

Delores Mary Cheslak 7/30/1928 – 7/23/2020 Delores “Dodo” M. Cheslak, 91 of Duluth, died just seven days shy of her 92nd birthday at the Franciscan Home with her family by her side. Dodo was born in Duluth to Zygmunt and Josephine Cieslukowski. She was the 11th of 11 kids. She graduated from Cathedral High School and retired from the Sea Farers International Union, where she was the secretary. Dodo was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church, where she was very active in their Fall Bazaar. Services were held at Calvary Cemetery.

Howard W Erickson 5/23/1921 – 7/19/2020 Howard W. Erickson, 99, of Duluth, died at Golden Oaks Assisted Living in Hermantown. He was born in Worcester, Mass., to Knute and May (Farnon) Erickson. Howard was a World War II Army veteran, serving with the 5th. Fighter Command. He was a 1948 graduate of UMD. He was employed by Western Electric in Duluth from 1946-1948; U.S. Steel in Duluth from 1948-1973, and U.S. Steel in Gary Ind. from 19731983, retiring from there in 1983. Private family services and burial at Forest Hill Cemetery have taken place.

Arrangements by Dougherty Funeral Home, Duluth.

Roger Neal Hammer 8/19/1944 – 7/15/2020 Roger Neal Hammer, 75, a retired respiratory therapist, and long time resident of Iron River, Wis., died unexpectedly near his home. Roger was born in Davenport, Iowa. He was a retired Marine and Vietnam Veteran. He was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, and neighbor. He loved most activities outdoors including hunting and loved to work on his land/home. A memorial service will be held on Aug. 8, 2020 at a private family location.

Karla E. (Carlson) Hanson 8/26/1953 – 7/3/2020 Karla E. (Carlson) Hanson, 66, of Superior, died at St. Luke’s Hospital in Duluth. Karla was born in Duluth, the daughter of Doris (Lycander) and Virgil Carlson. After graduating from Lake Superior Community College, she worked as an LPN at Moose Lake State Hospital and then at St. Luke’s Hospital.

She was a very active member of Concordia Lutheran Church where she enjoyed working in the library and served on the library board for many years.

She was always taking care of people and loved caring for animals. Most important to her was spending time with her family. She was kind and beloved by many, meeting life head-on with strength, faith and laughter. A funeral service will be held at a later date at Concordia Lutheran Church.

Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery.

Elsie M. Aho Kovala 1/20/1934 – 4/1/2020 Elsie M. Aho Kovala, 86, of Duluth, died at the Franciscan Health Center. She was born in Virginia, Minn., to Oscar and Selma Aho. Elsie had worked at Maurice’s in the special-order department. She was a member of the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd and the Altar Guild at church. Elsie enjoyed traveling, sewing and she was a great seamstress. A private family service will be held. Burial will be in Park Hill Cemetery at noon, Aug. 15. All are welcomed; social distancing and masks are encouraged.

Arrangements by Dougherty Funeral Home, Duluth.

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Dear Readers: Aug. 1 is known by dog lovers as DOGust 1st! It’s the day to celebrate shelter dogs. When you adopt a dog from a shelter, the staff can only approximate the age of the dog, so Aug. 1 is designated as the shelter dogs’ universal birthday for all.

To celebrate, take your dog to the park for a play date, throw a party at home or treat your dog to new toys, treats and a new, fluffy and comfy bed. – Heloise P.S.: According to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA.org), 1.6 million dogs are adopted from shelters every year. Let’s push for 2 million. Go find a friend!

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PET PAL Dear Readers: Let’s meet a couple

of shelter dogs here in the offices of Heloise, Inc. Striking a pose are Duncan and Daisy, a sweet rat terrier and a sassy fawn chihuahua. To meet these two, visit Heloise.com and click on “Pet of the Week.”

To find your own four-legged, furry forever friend, visit your local shelter or rescue group. Email a pic and description of your perfect pet to Heloise@ Heloise.com. – Heloise OFF THE CUFF Dear Heloise: When I launder my cuffed shorts, I make sure to unroll them first. Crumbs and debris can accumulate in the folds of the cuffs. Then it’s an easy matter to recuff them.– Heidi in Tennessee NO CHEESE DRIP Dear Heloise: Instead of cleaning gooey, messy cheese that has melted off burgers and onto my barbecue grill, I realized if I fold the corner of the cheese up into the center of the slice, then onto the burger, the mess is avoided altogether.

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• Carrying a flashlight, ID and your cellphone.

• Wearing bright or reflective clothing.

• Crossing only in marked crosswalks and obeying traffic signals. – Heloise

Duncan the rat terrier and Daisy the chihuahua.

And perhaps the best part ... nobody feels shorted of cheese. – Mike, via email CITY STROLLING Dear Readers: Walking in the city on a summer’s evening is great exercise, but it must be done safely. According to the National Highway Safety Administration (NHTSA.gov), stay safe by: • Staying on the sidewalk, but if there’s no sidewalk, walk facing on-

BIG DOG BATH TIME Dear Heloise: When it’s time to give Goliath, my Doberman mix, a bath, I’ve resigned myself to the fact that I’m going to get wet, too. What helps? Cutting armholes and a head hole into a huge, 42-gallon contractor trash bag, slipping myself into the bag (a fashionable look, ha!) and then getting Goliath in the tub. It works! – Betty in Colorado DONATE THOSE VEGGIES Dear Readers: If your garden yield is too big for your personal use, consider donating extra vegetables and fruits to your city’s food bank to help the needy in your community. Give them a call. – Heloise (c)2020 by King Features Syndicate Inc.

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Poaching among the plutocrats A liberal education vs. student debt In April 2019 the chewed-on leather boots, belt buckles and rifles of three rhino poachers were found in an African national park, evidently eaten by a pride of angry, hungry lions.

In another incident the partially-eaten body of a rhino poacher was found by a police patrol.

This poor fellow had been crushed by an elephant but was not on the elephant’s menu so was later digested by a neighborhood lion.

And so the world goes.

Rhino horn, thought to be a terrific medicine by many Asian cultures, although it is made of the same material as our finger and toenails, sells on the black market for about $30,000 a pound. The average rhino’s two horns weigh a total of about 10 pounds, so the average kill

could bring in about $300,000. That’s a good pay day.

Rhino horn has been a part of traditional Asian medicine and myth, particularly in China and Vietnam, for hundreds of years.

It has been used to treat fevers, arthritis, gout, headaches, high blood pressure, typhoid, snake bites, hallucinations, cancer, erectile dysfunction, and impotence.

Recent medical studies from around the developed world indicate there is absolutely no scientific evidence that rhino horn makes any difference in mitigating these ailments. Science has determined the horn is made up of keratin, the protein that makes up hair and finger and toenails. Ecologists say you might as well chew and swallow your own

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nails and hair for relief instead of spending thousands for an ounce.

Now wealthy Asian con men have created a new horn market because there is lots of money to be made from suckers.

There is still a medical market for the horn, but the horns are now carved into cups and figurines to be displayed to show wealth on business desks, and turned into necklaces, bracelets, and beads to impress the ladies. Will this ugly black market trade survive to the last rhino on earth, or will education save some to roam the African savanna?

I wonder how many Asian hedge funds are involved in the horn business.

Perhaps we should make one small change in Jesus Christ’s plea to his disciples: “Truly I tell you, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of Heaven. Again, I tell you, it is easier for a rhino to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God. When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and asked, ‘Who then can be saved’?”

Evidently some poachers have not gotten the message. An endangered (species) white rhino was recently killed and dehorned in a Paris wildlife preserve!

A Tribune reader lists our current problems Kay Kemper of Crystal wrote the most cogent sentences of our country’s issues I have read lately: “We’ve lost our respect for life. We don’t respect people of color; the elderly are seen as

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disposable…We allow people to live on the streets or in tents, we scorn those with disabilities, whether mental or physical, and even abuse the animals who are placed in our care. Too many people take a ‘lifeboat ethic’ view of life – there’s not enough room for everyone on this Earth, so who should we throw overboard?...Think of life as a chain with many links representing different stages and forms of life. All it takes is one broken or damaged link to place the entire chain in jeopardy. To solve old problems we need a new way of thinking.”

So what is the solution to our problems? The unbreakable links have to be education and a sense of equality from birth to death.

There is no doubt college is an egalitarian force which can reduce the widest gap between the rich and poor ever created.

At one time we led the world’s industrialized nations in the ratio of college graduates to total population.

The GI Bill after World War II helped to put us in first place.

But now, because of the lack of state and federal support in the 40 years after Ronald Reagan’s greedy taxcutting days, we now rank 16th and are on a slippery slope to the bottom of the 36 countries in the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

Under Reagan, California went from ranked first in K-12 education to 48th in the country. His right-wing government ended up terrifying the country when he came to help.

During the 1980s Reagan decimated support for higher education by

replacing Pell grants with loans. He transformed a public responsibility of funding education to a private one.

State legislatures spent the education money on roads, bridges and prisons.

Families are now asked to invest in their children’s education from birth to death. Parents who still owe student debt can have their Social Security garnished!

Our student college debt is now more than $1.6 trillion owed by more than 43 million Americans, some in their 70s. Ten percent of the student debt is owned by people 60 and above!

A 2019 survey of college student debtors believed they would be able to pay off their average debt in six years – but the typical repayment schedule runs about 20 years.

Tuition continues to skyrocket because state legislatures have refused to accept their constitutional duty to educate their citizens. Many public colleges and universities have raised their tuition to an average of $30,000 a year.

The median annual income for a U.S. household in 2018 was $63,937. That doesn’t leave much room for a $30,000 tuition bill.

In the good old days I didn’t know I was poor When you can always eat well you don’t think much about being poor.

On a small farm of rocks and small ponds we raised everything to eat except sugar, salt, pepper and coffee.

We made our own butter, ice cream, root beer and sauerkraut. We had a huge garden where I learned how to weed.

We had an orchard of apples, plums and berries. We had four bee hives that supplied us with honey. We ate most of the body parts of chickens, geese, pigs, cows, calves, rabbits and the squirrels shot in the woods and the ducks shot on the ponds.

We are French but we did not eat horses. We fished the Mississippi and

Platte Rivers and Green Prairie Fish Lake.

It was a good life – even without electricity and ice and the fact we had a telephone party line of eight neighbors.

But I was able to be mobile out of that life because of Morrison County School District #54 and Little Falls High School. The country school had only 20 students but it had a 400-book library.

In eight years I read them all. Men of Iron was a favorite novel about a young squire serving an English knight in the 14th century. It probably led me to later earning a Master’s Degree in English literature.

I entered my high school freshman year not knowing I could sing – but I had been romancing the cows for years as I milked them. I tried out for the choir and the director came over and shocked me: “You’re going to be a soloist.”

I opened up the Christmas concert that year with a solo: “Jesu Bambino.”

During my high school days I sang solos, duets, in boys’ quartets, madrigals, and choir. During my senior year I sang in a private mixed quartet selected by radio host Cedric Adams of WCCO fame who put together a show featuring 1948 Miss America BeBe Shopp from Minnesota. We traveled Minnesota, performing in nightclubs, radio programs, colleges, high schools and special events.

Our first radio performance was over WDAY in 1949. The tour with BeBe was a great experience for a young farm kid.

I had no particular plans for college until Football Coach Fritz Bierhaus and Baseball Coach T.Edison Smith of Moorhead State Teachers College came down to recruit me while I was clerking in a J.C. Penny store. They told me they were looking for a pullout guard and center for the football team and a left-handed pitcher for the baseball team.

With a tiny athletic scholarship I started college. Because the taxpayers of Minnesota actually supported higher education in those days, I was able to work my way through college in four years, earning All-Conference recognition in football and taking regular turns on the pitching mound.

And I sang in the choir. My parents did not pay a dime for my college except for the taxes they paid.

As a senior I was elected president of the MSTC student body and the Student Commission, the governing body for students. I was selected for Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities.

The state had done its part – and I had worked hard to do my part.

I tell this story because no poor student can do this today because the states have catastrophically failed to support education at all levels. I didn’t have to pay high school fees to play football, baseball, sing in choir, or act in school plays. My parents did not have to buy all kinds of supplies for regular courses. College tuition amounted to about a month’s salary at minimum wage.

After serving seven years on reserve and active duty in the Marine Corps during and after college, I used the GI Bill to earn a Master’s Degree to prepare for a career in education. At that time in 1957 I could make it in graduate school with three kids and a wife – while tending bar at night.

One of my sisters graduated from a public business school and worked on Capitol Hill for 35 years. Another sister went to a nursing school and had a career as a nurse. One brother used his GI Bill, graduated from the University of Minnesota, and served in the FBI and later for Lockheed in security.

Another brother used his GI Bill, attended a tech school, and worked for the Railway Postal System.

We thank you, Minnesota and America, for the help.

The American dream of mobility has turned into a nightmare Unless you manage to get a terrific four-year scholarship today, a young person who desperately wants to be college-educated has to be rich, or willing to take on a huge personal debt.

With college tuition fees ranging from around $12,000 to $45,000 a year at state or private colleges – or $60,000 to $75,000 at the Ivy League schools – it might be better to become a citizen in countries that actually value higher education.

In the OECD world of the top 36 countries, most of the member countries have free or affordable tuition and living costs. As an example, Germany, Poland and Sweden have tuition-free college for citizens. In Norway a college education is free for all international students – and Denmark actually pays students to go to college.

Meanwhile the United States has the highest tuition fees in the entire world.

We live in a world where education is the mighty engine of opportunity – but it is also the engine of economic inequality in the United States. Today your parent’s income deter-mines whether you graduate from col-lege.

In the U.S. 77% of the children born in the top 25% will earn a degree by age 24. But for the bottom 25%, only 9% will earn a degree while going many thousands of dollars in debt.

In Europe and other countries a college education means you can compete with anyone. In the U.S. education system it means education is not transforming the lives of those who need it the most; it is dispensing more opportunity to those who actually need it the least because they are rich.

Joe Biden had better listen to Bernie Sanders. In order to solve our economic inequality problem, we must first pay off the entire student debt – and then provide free college for the second step in providing equal educational opportunity.

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Small neighborhood and downtown businesses require less public infrastructure and make more efficient use of city services compared to sprawling big-box stores and shopping centers, which are far more costly in terms of road work and police services, according to studies.

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Iatrogenic errors: 3rd leading cause of death Implications for the oncoming, forced coronavirus vaccine program “2.6 million people die annually in low-and middle-income countries from medical errors, and most of those deaths are related to misdiagnosis and administration of pharmaceutical products (ie, drugs and vaccines)…Medication errors alone cost an estimated $42 billion (U.S. dollars) annually.

Unsafe surgical care procedures cause complications in up to 25% of patients resulting in 1 million deaths during or immediately after surgery annually...Four out of every ten patients are harmed during primary and ambulatory health care. The most detrimental errors are related to diagnosis, prescription and the use of medicines.” – The World Health Organization Iatrogenesis: “The causation of a disease, a harmful complication, or other ill effect by any medical activity, including diagnostic error, treatment (drug, vaccine or surgical) error or negligence.”

Below are excerpts from medical journal articles that conclude that medical (iatrogenic) errors are the third leading cause of death in the US. The third excerpt suggests that iatrogenesis

is likely the #1 cause of acute and chronic illnesses, some of the names of which are listed in the product inserts that the pharmaceutical industry must attach to every oral or injectable drug and every vaccine that they manufacture and sell.

Those drug and vaccine product inserts must list the most common adverse effects for 1) every Big Pharmamanufactured prescription drug that is dispensed at pharmacies; and for 2) every vaccine ampoule from which large numbers of potentially-toxic intramuscularly-administered vaccines that are commonly injected at every physician’s office that offers cocktails of vaccinations (which are now even given at pharmacies as well!).

The first study below, published in 2016 in the BMJ (British Medical Journal,) was authored by researchers from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Apparently, no U.S. medical journal to which the article was submitted was willing to publish it.

The authors, risking criticism from their colleagues, bravely – and honestly - calculated that medical errors accounted for > 250,000 deaths every year in the U.S., which made iatrogenic (= physician, drug or vaccine-caused) deaths the third leading cause of death in the U.S., surpassed only by #1 heart disease (647,457) and #2 cancer (599,108) (2018 CDC data).

It is important to note that inadvertent (and inevitable) adverse effects from prescription drugs and vaccines

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have been causing deaths or illnesses for generations, but they are hardly ever listed by physicians or coroners on death certificates or in the rankings of causes of death or acute or chronic illnesses.

The following articles call for better reporting by physicians in the interest of simple honesty, truthfulness and good health care, not to mention trustworthy policy decisions by our easily-bribed-by-Big Pharma lawmakers.

Also be aware that the first two studies – as has been the case of ALL studies of causes of death or acute and chronic illnesses - did NOT evaluate vaccine-induced deaths or injuries, mainly because virtually every physician, in every Big Pharmainfiltrated country, consistently fails – or refuses to acknowledge – even the most obvious vaccine injuries or deaths as worthy of being reported or worthy of being listed in their differential diagnostic impressions, discharge summaries or death certifications.

Given the fact that the billionaires in the Globalist Pharmaceutical Establishment, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Economic Forum, along with the eager assistance of the Big Pharma-co-opted Public Health Institutions (such as the NIH, the CDC, the NIAID, the FDA, the AMA, the AAP, etc, etc) will be promoting the universal injections (and who knows how many booster shots) of at least two different fast-tracked, poorly-tested, highly likely to be dangerous, coronavirus vaccines, one must insist that every potential recipient of the forced, unaffordable vaccinations to come be given the chance to learn about the risks of blindly following the abovementioned global elites that are closely connected to Big Pharma/Big Vaccine corporations.

Here is the BMJ (2016) article, titled: Medical Errors are the 3rd Most Common Cause of Death in the US

By Martin Makary, MD and Michael Daniel – May 3, 2016 (1373 words) (Lead author Makary is a professor in the Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland) For full article and references, go to http://iacld.ir/DL/elm/95/ The annual list of the most common causes of death in the United States, compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), informs public awareness and national

research priorities each year. The list is created using death certificates filled out by physicians, funeral directors, medical examiners, and coroners. However, a major limitation of the death certificate is that it relies on assigning an International Classification of Disease (ICD) code to the cause of death.

As a result, causes of death not associated with an ICD code, such as human and system factors, are not captured. The science of safety has matured to describe how communication breakdowns, diagnostic errors, poor judgment, and inadequate skill can directly result in patient harm and death. We analyzed the scientific literature on medical error to identify its contribution to US deaths in relation to causes listed by the CDC. Death from medical care itself Medical error has been defined as an unintended act (either of omission or commission) or one that does not achieve its intended outcome, the failure of a planned action to be completed as intended (an error of execution), the use of a wrong plan to achieve an aim (an error of planning), or a deviation from the process of care that may or may not cause harm to the patient.

Patient harm from medical error can occur at the individual or system level.

The taxonomy of errors is expanding to better categorize preventable factors and events. We focus on preventable lethal events to highlight the scale of potential for improvement.

The role of error can be complex.

While many errors are nonconsequential, an error can end the life of someone with a long life-expectancy or accelerate an imminent death. The case in the box shows how error can contribute to death. Moving away from a requirement that only reasons for death with an ICD code can be used on death certificates could better inform healthcare research and awareness priorities.

How big is the problem and are all iatrogenic deaths preventable?

The most commonly cited estimate of annual deaths from medical error in the U.S. – a 1999 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report – is limited and outdated.

The report describes an incidence of 44,000-98,000 deaths annually. This

conclusion was not based on primary research conducted by the institute but on the 1984 Harvard Medical Practice Study and the 1992 Utah and Colorado Study.

But as early as 1993, Leape, a chief investigator in the 1984 Harvard study, published an article arguing that the study’s estimate was too low, contending that 78% rather than 51% of the 180,000 iatrogenic deaths were preventable (some argue that all iatrogenic deaths are preventable).

This higher incidence (about 140,400 deaths due to error) has been supported by subsequent studies which suggest that the 1999 IOM report underestimates the magnitude of the problem.

A 2004 report of inpatient deaths associated with the Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research Patient Safety Indicators in the Medicare population estimated that 575.000 deaths were caused by medical error between 2000 and 2002, which is about 195,000 deaths a year.

Similarly, the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General examining the health records of hospital inpatients in 2008, reported 180,000 deaths due to medical error a year among Medicare beneficiaries alone.

Using similar methods, Classen et al described a rate of 1.13%. If this rate is applied to all registered US hospital admissions in 2013, it translates to over 400,000 deaths a year, more than four times the IOM estimate. Similarly, Landrigan et al reported that 0.6% of hospital admissions in a group of North Carolina hospitals over six years (2002-07) resulted in lethal adverse events and conservatively estimated that 63% were due to medical errors.

Extrapolated nationally, this would translate into 134,581 inpatient deaths a year from poor inpatient care. Of note, none of the studies captured deaths outside inpatient care – those resulting from errors in care at home

or in nursing homes and in outpatient care such as ambulatory surgery centers.

A literature review by James estimated preventable adverse events using a weighted analysis and described an incidence range of 210,000-400,000 deaths a year associated with medical errors among hospital patients.

We calculated a mean rate of death from medical error of 251,454 a year using the studies reported since the 1999 IOM report and extrapolating to the total number of US hospital admissions in 2013.

We believe this understates the true incidence of death due to medical error because the studies cited rely on errors extractable in documented health records and include only in-patient deaths.

Although the assumptions made in extrapolating study data to the broader US population may limit the accuracy of our figure, the absence of national data highlights the need for systematic measurement of the problem.

Comparing our estimate to CDC rankings suggests that medical error is the third most common cause of death in the US. Human error is inevitable.

Although we cannot eliminate human error, we can better measure the problem to design safer systems mitigating its frequency, visibility, and consequences.

Strategies to reduce death from medical care should include three steps: 1. making errors more visible when they occur so their effects can be intercepted; 2. having remedies at hand to rescue patients; and 3. making errors less frequent by following principles that take human limitations into account. This multitier approach necessitates guidance from reliable data.

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Deaths caused by medical errors in America are not measured!

Currently, deaths caused by errors are unmeasured and discussions about prevention occur in limited and confidential forums, such as a hospital’s internal root cause analysis committee or a department’s morbidity and mortality conference.

These forums review only a fraction of detected adverse events and the lessons learnt are not disseminated beyond the institution or department.

There are several possible strategies to estimate accurate national statistics for death due to medical error. Instead of simply requiring cause of death, death certificates could contain an extra field asking whether a preventable complication stemming from the patient’s medical care contributed to the death.

An early experience asking physicians to comment on the potential preventability of inpatient deaths immediately after they occurred resulted in an 89% response rate.

Another strategy would be for hospitals to carry out a rapid and efficient independent investigation into deaths to determine the potential contribution of error. A root cause analysis approach would enable local learning while using medicolegal protections to maintain anonymity.

Standardized data collection and reporting processes are needed to build up an accurate national picture of the problem.

Measuring the consequences of medical care on patient outcomes is an important prerequisite to creating a culture of learning from our mistakes, thereby advancing the science of safety and moving us closer towards the Institute of Medicine’s goal of creating learning health systems.

Health Priorities We have estimated that medical error is the third biggest cause of death in the US and therefore requires greater attention.

At best, there are only a very few standardized diagnostic codes where the role of error can be inferred, such as the code for anti-coagulation causing adverse effects and the code for overdose events. When a medical error results in death, both the physiological cause of the death and the related problem with delivery of care should be captured.

To achieve more reliable healthcare systems, the science of improving safety should benefit from sharing data nationally and internationally, in the same way as clinicians share research and innovation about coronary artery disease, melanoma, and influenza.

Sound scientific methods, beginning with an assessment of the problem, are critical to approaching any health threat to patients.

The problem of medical error should not be exempt from this scientific approach. More appropriate recognition of the role of medical error in patient death could heighten awareness and guide both collaborations and capital investments in research and prevention.

Dr Gary G. Kohls writes a weekly column for the Duluth Reader. His columns deal with the dangers of American Friendly Fascism, corporatism, Oligarchy, militarism, racism, malnutrition, and Big Pharma’s over-drugging and overvaccinating agendas as well as other movements that threaten the environment, democracy, civility, health and the sustainability and livability of the planet and the future of the children.

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Bright Ideas • Commuters in Berlin, Germany, are required to wear masks on public transportation, and are subject to fines if they don’t. Despite that, reports Deutsche Welle, so many people wear their masks incorrectly (covering the mouth but not the nose) that Berlin’s transport company, BVG, is now

suggesting that riders skip deodorant when they’re getting ready for the day, in hopes that the body odor on crowded trains will keep those masks in place. “Given that so many people think they can wear their masks under their noses, we’re getting tough,” read a bright yellow posting from July 1 on Twitter. “The BVG is calling for a general deodorant waiver. So now do you still want to have your nose out?”

[DW, 7/3/2020] • Farm families in Botswana living beside the Chobe River have long battled herds of elephants that often pass through their fields at night, trampling crops as they move toward the river. Barking dogs and fences have failed to stop the elephants, the BBC reported on July 7, but farmers are having remarkable success with a new weapon: disco lights. Scientists from Elephants Without Borders placed solar-powered strobe lights that flash color patterns along the sides of fields elephants are known to walk through, frightening the elephants away. [BBC, 7/7/2020] News that sounds like a joke A man attempting to elude police in a stolen Toyota Land Cruiser on July 5 in Newberg, Oregon, crashed into a woman driving a Buick Regal that had been reported stolen three weeks before, giving police a two-fer.

Newberg-Dundee police said they arrested the driver of the Toyota, Randy Lee Cooper, 27, and then found the driver of the Buick, Kristin Nicole Begue, 25, to be under the influence of intoxicants and arrested her, too, KOIN reported. Neither driver was injured [KOIN, 7/6/2020] Suspicious Liberty County (Georgia) sheriff’s officers who found a body lying next to a railroad track in Allenhurst on July 14 followed protocol by covering

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the body with a sheet and waiting for the coroner. When the coroner arrived, detectives looked for injuries and quickly discovered the body was a female sex doll. WSAV reported that the doll was fully clothed and was anatomically correct. Officials think they may have been victims of a prank.

[WSAV, 7/15/2020] Least competent criminal Wendy Wein, 51, of South Rockwood, Mich., was arrested July 17 after offering an undercover state trooper $5,000 to kill her ex-husband and giving him money for travel expenses, WXYZ reported. Wein met the trooper after allegedly visiting the fake website rentahitman.com, where she completed a form requesting a consultation and named her exhusband as the target. The owner of the website contacted Michigan State Police, who sent the undercover officer.

“I’m very surprised that someone thought this website was a true website,” said state police spokesman Lt. Brian Oleksyk. The website owner said in the last 15 years he’s been contacted a number of times by people wanting someone killed, and he turns all of those requests over to law enforcement. [WXYZ, 7/21/2020] Wait, what?

Iceland is offering a stressed-out world a unique way to blow off some steam, reports Sky News – scream therapy. The country’s tourist board is inviting people worldwide to record their screams to be played over loudspeakers in one of seven remote locations. “You’ve been through a lot this year,” says the project website, “and it looks like you need the perfect place to let your frustrations out.

Somewhere big, vast and untouched.

It looks like you need Iceland.”

Psychotherapist Zoe Aston approves: “Using a scream as a way to release pent-up emotion allows you to ... reclaim the power that is inside you.”

Iceland has suffered relatively little during the COVID-19 pandemic, with 1,905 cases of the disease and 10 lives lost. [Sky News, 7/15/2020] Compelling explanation What started as a report of a naked man running down a road hitting cars in Owensboro, Kentucky, on July 16, soon turned into a home burglary in progress, reports WFIE. Daviess County Sheriff’s deputies said they arrived at the home around 1:30 a.m. to find John Stefanopoulos, 41, standing inside, naked and covered with mud and blood. Authorities said the suspect rushed the officers while repeatedly

telling them he had used “mushrooms with Jesus and that they were playing a virtual reality video game together.”

Stefanopoulos was eventually tased and taken into custody. [WFIE, 7/17/2020] “Incorrigible” Robert Berger, 25, of Huntington, New York, was scheduled to be sentenced last October after pleading guilty to possession of a stolen Lexus and attempting to steal a truck, but in an effort to avoid jail, he tried faking his own death, prosecutors charged on July 21. The scheme, they said, unraveled when authorities discovered a spelling error and inconsistencies in the font styles and sizes on the fake death certificate submitted by his lawyer. Further, The Associated Press reports, while Berger was “dead,” he was arrested in Philadelphia for providing a false identity to police and stealing from a Catholic college. “It will never cease to amaze me the lengths some people will go to to avoid being held accountable on criminal charges,” Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas said. “It’s never a good idea to submit phony documents to the district attorney.” [Associated Press, 7/21/2020] Suspicions Confirmed Andrea Balbi, president of the Gondola Association in Venice, Italy, announced on July 22 that the organization is reducing the maximum capacity allowed on the iconic boats from six people to five, CNN reported.

The change comes not because of social distancing, but because “over the last 10 years or so, tourists weigh more,” Balbi said. He noted that heavier loads often mean the boats take on water, which makes it harder for the gondoliers to navigate in heavy traffic. “Going forward with over half a ton of meat on board is dangerous,” remarked Raoul Roveratto, president of an association for substitute gondoliers.

[CNN, 7/22/2020] The Passing Parade Fashion designer and activist Vivienne Westwood, 79, dressed in canary yellow, perched on a swing inside a giant metal birdcage outside London’s Old Bailey court on July 21 and led a crowd in chanting, “Free Julian Assange!” Fox News reported Westwood said freeing Assange would mean “journalists can continue to tell the truth.” The Wikileaks founder is being held in London awaiting an extradition hearing now scheduled for Sept. 7. [Fox News, 7/21/2020]

TASTE!

In the 30 years I’ve been writing this column, I’ve easily sampled a couple hundred thousand wines – at least. At some point, you might think, the thrill of discovery would have worn off.

In reality, tasting great new wines never gets old.

Neither does sharing those experiences, such as the two days of judging at the recent 17th annual Critics Challenge Wine & Spirits Competition in San Diego. My panel evaluated more than 250 young wines in two days, assigning a platinum, gold or silver award to wines of outstanding merit.

Platinum was the top award an individual judge could bestow. To earn platinum, a wine must achieve a score of 94 points on the infamous 100-point scale. Over the weekend at the Critics Challenge, I had the opportunity to taste dozens of truly exceptional wines, but only 15 of those rose to the level of platinum on my personal scorecard.

In sports terms, a platinum award to me is the equivalent of a grand slam in baseball. A platinum award should be rare or risk losing its meaning.

VINO

ROBERT WHITLEY

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The platinum parade

Of course, after choosing a platinum winner blind, a judge is anxious to learn the wine’s identity. For me, discovery is the great appeal of a wine competition. I am truly pleased to share my most recent wine competition discoveries with you.

Tasting notes Wines are rated on a 100-point scale.

Wallis Family Estate 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon, Diamond Mountain District ($100) – The Diamond Mountain District is one of the most coveted sites for cabernet in California. There is a reason for that. This wine shows extraordinary depth and concentration, and is richly layered and complex, with aromas of blackberry, cassis and spice.

The balance is exquisite and the finish dazzling and long. Rating: 97.

Archimedes 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon, Alexander Valley ($120) – This brilliantly crafted cabernet has the trademark ripeness of the Alexander Valley without going over to the sweet, flabby side. Rich and fleshy, with aromas of blackberry and cassis, a note of pencil lead and cedar, and a mere hint of oak vanillin, it is the Alexander Valley at its finest. Rating: 95.

Jeff Runquist 2018 Sangiovese, Pioneer Hill Vineyard, Amador County ($27) – This wine has an alluring floral and spice note on the nose, and excellent follow-through on the palate. It has aromas of black cherry and raspberry, and finishes with a subtle note of wood spice. Rating: 95.

Navarro Vineyards 2019 Riesling Late Harvest, Cluster Select, Anderson Valley

($39) – A honeyed beauty. Rating: 95.

Wallis Family Estate 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon, Denali Estate Vineyard, St. Helena ($125) – Brilliant aromas of blackberry and red currant combined with beautiful texture and balance make this a cabernet to savor now or lay down in a proper cellar for another five to 10 years. Rating: 95.

Brecon Estate 2019 Albarino, Central Coast ($31) – Aromas of citrus and stone fruit show intensity. On the palate, the wine is crisp and refreshing, with a great finish. Rating: 94.

Chasing Venus 2019 Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough, New Zealand ($18) – Citrus and gooseberry notes dominate, with a subtle pungency that tips you to its New Zealand origin. It’s beautifully balanced with impressive palate length.

Rating: 94.

Francis Ford Coppola 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon, Director’s Cut, Alexander Valley ($32) – This wine is richly layered, showing aromas of currant and blackberry with firm tannins and impressive length. It drinks beautifully now, but another five to eight years in a temperature-controlled wine cellar would do wonders. Rating: 94.

Jeff Runquist 2018 Sangiovese ‘The Hill,’ Amador County ($28) – The wine has impressive intensity and depth. It shows notes of black cherry and wood spice, with exceptional palate length and balance. Rating: 94.

Jeff Runquist 2018 Syrah, Paso Robles ($26) – With exquisite balance, this syrah combines richness and structure in the best possible way, showing notes

of blueberry and other dark fruits with a gentle touch of spice in the impressively long finish. Rating: 94.

Navarro Vineyards 2019 Gewurztraminer Late Harvest, Cluster Select, Anderson Valley ($39) – Rich and beautiful, this shows ripe stone fruits, honeysuckle and spice. Rating: 94.

Robert Hall 2018 GSM, Paso Robles ($45) – Complex layers of red and black fruits, with impressive richness and palate weight, and just the right touch of wood spice. Rating: 94.

Sea Bird 2017 Chardonnay, Courtney’s Vineyard, Sta. Rita Hills ($25) – Fullbodied and rich but without losing its edginess, this is a beautiful example of what California chardonnay can be.

With complex layers of baked apple, lemon creme and toasty wood spice.

Rating: 94.

Trefethen 2018 Chardonnay, Oak Knoll District ($38) – The beauty of this wine is its exquisite balance. With fresh, mouthwatering acidity, it has backbone, and that makes the array of complex fruit aromas all the more enticing. Rating: 94.

Vineyard 511 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon, Diamond Mountain District ($149) – Another extraordinary example of Diamond Mountain’s profound influence on Napa Valley cabernet. This beautiful cab offers impressive richness and intensity, with a scintillating thread of minerality that exhibits ripeness and fleshy goodness.

Rating: 94.

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NUTRITION

Skin nutrition

BY CHARLYN FARGO Creators Syndicate

Can what you eat really improve your skin?

Absolutely. And despite the marketing, it’s much better to feed our skin from the inside (from food) than to slather on moisturizers and peels with the same nutrients.

Think about this: We have 19

million cells per inch of skin.

Our skin is the body’s first line of defense, a barrier that blocks other organs from environmental hazards.

And like all organs, the skin needs nutrients to stay strong and do its job.

There is no single nutrient that

can maintain healthy skin. We need a balanced diet composed of a colorful variety of fruits and vegetables, lean meats, olive oil, nuts and seeds. All are important for skin health.

Start with vitamin A. The beta carotene in vitamin A plays an

important role in repairing skin tissue and replacing cells that contribute to the structure of the skin. It can help prevent dry, rough skin, a sign of deficiency.

Choose foods that are orange and red – cantaloupe, carrots, pumpkin, squash, sweet potato, tomatoes and red bell peppers.

Add vitamin E. It absorbs energy from ultraviolet light and helps prevent sun damage. It also helps with inflammation in the skin.

Snack on almonds, asparagus, avocado, greens, mango, peanuts, pumpkin and spinach.

Vitamin C can also help your skin health. It’s a powerful antioxidant that protects skin cells by warding off free radicals from UV rays.

It’s needed for collagen synthesis wound healing.

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For those fine lines and wrinkles, think collagen, a type of protein that makes up to 80% of the skin.

Protein-rich foods encourage collagen production.

Good sources of protein are beans, beef, bone broth, chickpeas, eggs, Greek yogurt, legumes, nuts, poultry and seafood.

If your skin is flaky or dry, you may be dehydrated. Drinking more water helps keep your skin healthy.

Healthy adults need at least eight glasses a day, perhaps more.

Omega-3 fatty acids are critical for maintaining skin function, especially in the top outer layer of skin. Omega-3s can also protect against sun-damaged skin and aging.

Good sources are chia seeds, flaxseeds, salmon, tuna, fortified eggs and walnuts.

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Q and A Q: Which is a better choice for my health, raw nuts or roasted?

A: It’s a toss-up. Some nut proponents say raw are healthier than roasted, and some say the opposite. There are pros and cons to each. Either can be a good choice, as long as they aren’t covered in salt or chocolate. The difference in vitamin and mineral content between oil-roasted, dryroasted and raw is inconsequential, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture food database. On the con side, raw nuts may have higher amounts of compounds that block the body from absorbing nutrients such as calcium and iron. More concerning is that raw nuts have caused outbreaks of food poisoning due to salmonella

bacteria, and peanuts can harbor fungi that produce disease-causing compounds called aflatoxins.

Roasting reduces levels of aflatoxins.

The bottom line is that nuts are a source of heart-healthy unsaturated fats, as well as fiber, vitamin E and magnesium. If you eat nuts instead of chips, pretzels or crackers, it’s a healthy choice.

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Chopped fresh cilantro for garnish Preheat grill to medium. Toss sweet potatoes with oil. Sprinkle with curry powder, cumin, 1/4 teaspoon salt and pepper, and toss to combine. Oil the grill rack. Turn off one burner. Grill the sweet potatoes on the hot side, flipping occasionally, until slightly charred, about 10 minutes. Move them to indirect heat and continue cooking.

Flip them occasionally, until tender, 8 to 10 minutes more. Transfer to a serving platter, and sprinkle with the remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt.

Meanwhile, whisk coconut milk, peanut butter, lime juice, water, tamari (or soy sauce), chili-garlic sauce and maple syrup in a medium bowl. Serve the potatoes with the sauce, and top with cilantro. Serves 8 (1 cup sweet potatoes and 2 tablespoons sauce).

Charlyn Fargo is a registered dietitian with SIU Med School in Springfield, Illinois. Contact her at charfarg@aol. com.

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Ben Hugus: Ursa Minor Brewing Q: What triggered your interest in beer and brewing? Did you begin as a homebrewer? If so, how long ago?

A: My fascination with yeast and fermentation started back in my college days. I was studying biology and chemistry and started doing “at home” experiments with fermentation.

My experiments were rudimentary at first, and slowly began to become more refined as I realized I could make a drinkable product to share with friends!

My passion for craft beer and the craft beer business is rooted in both beer and in people. Beer has an amazing ability to bring people together for authentic conversations, arguments and genuine connection.

Many of the best conversations in history have been had over a cold pint.

It is my belief that beer is a medium to bring people together, the better the product, the better the conversations to be had.

MEET THE BREWER

A: Our team is currently at 23 employees! We are an employee first company and have proudly offered health insurance to employees from day one of operation two years ago.

Our brewery is built by the team that surrounds us and the amazing beer is a direct result of the amazing people that work at Ursa Minor Brewing.

JIM LUNDSTROM

Q: Is there a beer on your to-do list that we can look forward to?

A: We have so many beers in the works at any given time, I’m excited about all of them! Our team is always cooking up new stuff.

One beer I am very excited to see again is Agate Hunter which will be coming out again sometime near the end of August.

Q: Anything else you want readers to know about being a brewer?

Q: What beer have you brewed for the public are you most proud of, and why?

A: I’m proud of all of our beers, but if I had to choose one it would be Big Bad John, a huge triple IPA brewed in honor of my late father. My family came together after his funeral to brew this beer together that embodied his huge positive and magnetic personality. We only brew it once per year at our anniversary in honor of his influence on our little brewery.

We designed our taproom to hold up to one of Big Bad John’s memorable backyard get togethers with friends.

Q: What is your go-to beer? (It doesn’t have to be one of your own).

A: My “go-to” beer is our stand-by IPA, Bear Hop IPA. It is an American IPA with a clean, crisp hop flavor with sharp notes of mandarin oranges. It just never gets old for me!

Q: Is working at a brewery different than what you thought it would be?

A: There are many things that are different, but all in good ways. Owning and operating a brewery is a tough business. It is highly competitive, requires huge time commitments,

and is insanely capital intensive, but I love every minute of it. I have been able to meet my neighbors on a level that I never thought possible and I’m afforded the increasingly rare opportunity to share products we make with our own hands with my friends.

Beer is an amazing thing, in so many ways, and every day I am granted the opportunity of learning something new.

I cannot get enough. Craft beer is an amazing business that I hope I can do for many years to come.

Q: Are you able to locally source material for Ursa Minor beers?

A: Using locally sourced ingredients is one of the pillars we founded Ursa Minor Brewing on and we do our absolute best to source locally wherever possible. We source everything we can locally not for marketing reasons, but because because we believe we get better raw goods locally. Local ingredients do not need to travel as far and are usually fresher. A couple

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examples of the local ingredients we have committed to are our meat and our grain.

We almost exclusively use Yker Acres meat for our pizzas. Their farm is only 15 minutes down the road and we are able to actually shake the farmers hand every week (well, not during COVID-19 times, instead we bump elbows now).

It is important to see how their farm grows and changes over the seasons and we adapt along with them.

Another example is our malt. We source almost 100% of our malt from Maltwerks located in Detroit Lakes, Minn. These grains are grown on Minnesota farms and carefully malted before being delivered to our brewery to be turned into sweet, sweet beer.

Malt is a hugely underappreciated ingredient in beer and plays a large role in the overall flavor makeup of each beer. We are proud to use these locally grown malts because we like supporting our neighbors.

Q: How large of a team do you work with at the brewery?

A: Brewing is physically and mentally tough work, especially at our small scale. We work so hard every day and toil over each batch because we are passionate about our craft. It is amazing working every day with incredible people to produce amazing brews.

Q: Has the pandemic changed the way you do things at the brewery, such as concentrating on flagship beers rather than brewing specialty beers?

A: We have not changed our brewing philosophy at all. We have always prided ourselves in balancing the need to continuity in brands as well as the need for innovation and pushing of limits. We brew ol’ classics like traditional German Pilsners and put them on tap next to extremely “out-there” beers like Blackberry, Cardamom, Vanilla, Lactose Sours. Our system is small so we can continue to push limits of what beer can be; its size affords us the ability to experiment extensively and often.

We have refocused ourselves on our staff and our ability to give all employees at Ursa Minor Brewing live able and dependable wages. This has no doubt been a stressful time for all people. We are simply trying to do what is right by each other and our neighbors.

Raise a lemon-infused toast Tart and tangy, lemon-based flavors are hard to pass up. Citrus can help cleanse the palate between courses, but it also can be a refreshing component in beverages.

Anyone who has enjoyed a tall glass of lemonade on a warm day understands how thirst-quenching it can be.

Limoncello is a lemon liqueur mainly produced in Southern Italy, particularly in the region around the Gulf of Naples.

Limoncello is made from the zest of lemons, which is then steeped in alcohol, like vodka. The lemoninfused liqueur also is mixed with a sugar syrup.

While Limoncello can be sipped on ice all on its own or poured over

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Bountiful berries and blooming beans We are smack dab in the middle of our summer growing season in Duluth and a lot is happening both inside and outside the garden right now.

Vegetables that love the heat seem to jump up overnight and climb inches each day, like my pole beans that have already passed my height, their vines twining over each other and reaching past the top of our fence, searching for something else to grab.

They have tiny white flowers starting to show, and I am so excited to pickle them with my flowering dill for cool refreshing jars of crunchy dilly beans.

Outside of the garden, wild berries that I never knew about before moving to Duluth are bursting into ripeness. Friends who have called Duluth home longer than me already knew about all of these delicious fruits; how to identify them, where to harvest them, what they taste like.

I was lucky enough to accompany a friend on a berry picking expedition last week (OK, I actually begged her to take me along).

For a harvesting container I found some old Folgers coffee cans, drilled a couple of holes in them, and strung each with a piece of twine through the holes for tying around the waist to create a berry bucket belt for hands-free harvesting.

We started with June berries (also called saskatoon or service berries), which grow on shrubby trees, and seem to enjoy growing on rocky slopes with a view of the lake.

We moved down the trail onto blueberries, which I would not have even noticed if someone hadn’t pointed them out to me; they grow very low to the ground and hide their berries with their leaves. Once you do find these in the wild, you will have no doubt about what they are because they look exactly like miniature versions of grocery store blueberries.

We harvested respectfully, not taking more than we can use and leaving some for other critters to collect or eat. It was a gorgeous way to spend an

next year.

We ended up ripping out all of our broccoli plants, and buying some beautiful heads from local farmers at the Duluth Farmers market instead.

Since our zucchini has been doing so well with the heat, we decided to roast the two vegetables together with an entire bulb of fresh garlic, then toss with pasta, olive oil and parmesan for a light mediterranean-tasting vegetarian dinner. If you can stand to have the oven on in the summer, roasting is a great option for cooking most of your garden produce if you’re not sure what to do with it. Use the recipe as a guide, and have fun with it!

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afternoon, and now that I know where they are and how to identify them, it feels like the whole world is offering up a sugary snack for me on my hikes.

The walk to our garden along Chester Creek has shifted in my perspective into a long thimble berry patch, and it takes me twice as long to get to the garden now that I have to stop and gobble them up every time I see a bright red round berry beckoning with its tart and sweet concentrated raspberry flavor.

The July heat that made these berries ripen and the beans bloom is the same heat that causes stress to cool weatherloving crops in your garden.

You may have noticed that your lettuce can never seem to make it through July without shooting up a tough large central stem, starting to flower, and becoming very bitter to eat. This process in the plants is called “bolting” and happens when the plant becomes stressed, and tries to quickly reproduce and make seeds because it senses its life is coming to an end.

When I notice my lettuce starting to bolt, I usually harvest the entire head and eat a big salad before it turns too bitter. However, I have heard of some people having luck with harvesting lettuce “haircut” style, where instead of continually picking large outer leaves

as the lettuce grows, you shear off all the leaves equally about an inch above the ground, and allow it to grow back before giving it another “haircut.”

This method may allow your lettuce to keep growing and avoid bolting, but I haven’t tried it personally. I have resigned myself to just eating lettuce in the spring and fall.

This bolting process happens to a few other plants which become very stressed in hot and dry mid-summer weather that you may have noticed, like cilantro, spinach and broccoli.

Some plants you can slow down the process of bolting by pinching off the start of the flowers, like with basil, which once the lead flower is pinched off will then start to direct growth to its side branches instead. If you are vigilant about picking off the flower buds, you can get your basil to last all summer long.

Cilantro and spinach can be delayed for a little while by pinching off flowering stems, but I find that it’s best to just harvest them completely when you notice they are starting to bolt.

As for broccoli, the Duluth Community Garden Program’s Vegetable of the Year, it has been bolting in our garden nonstop, and I am thinking that I will need to buy a seed that has heat and drought tolerance bred into it

Easy Sheet Pan Roasted Broccoli and Zucchini Ingredients: 4 cups broccoli florets 2 medium zucchini, halved and sliced into ½ inch pieces 1tsp minced garlic 1 tsp Italian seasonin 4 tbsp olive oil 1 tbsp fresh squeezed lemon juice salt and pepper to taste Preheat oven to 425°F. In a large bowl place the broccoli florets, zucchini, garlic, olive oil and Italian seasoning. Toss to coat. Season to taste with salt and black pepper. Transfer to a baking sheet.

Roast in preheated oven for 25 minutes or until lightly brown and tender.

Remove from the oven. Drizzle with lemon juice and serve.

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THIS WEEK IN HISTORY protested against putting any more poles on the streets and avenues and the chief informed them that in some instances it would be impossible to accede to their requests as there was absolutely no way in which the placing of poles on the streets could be avoided, but the department would keep the new lines in the alleys as far as possible.

Ad appearing in the Aug. 3, 1920 edition of the Duluth Evening Herald. Images and stories courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society.

Duluth Herald July 30, 1888 THE PEOPLE’S. There will no doubt be a very big audience at the People’s theatre this evening to witness the first appearance in Duluth of M’lee Nina Duclos’ Dreamy Darlings, which company is said to be one of extraordinary strength and excellence. For the past two days the city has been flooded with little posters bearing the mysterious word Schiedler, and everybody in town has been inquiring who or what is Schiedler. The mystery will be explained tonight, when Schiedler, the greatest of all conjurers, will make his appearance with the company.

His feats of necromancy are simply wonderful, and to the minds of many suggests an alliance with powers supernatural. The Klines are also new comers and will present a new sketch which is full of good things and will make them favorites at once. The afterpiece, La Statue Noir, is said to be very funny, and will give the entire company a good opportunity to air its talents. This show remains but one week and should be seen by all.

Ad appearing in the Aug 1,1900 edition of the Duluth Evening Herald. prepared to cure all ills. Wm. Worth, having a very sick child, sent for the valiant doctor, who, upon entering the house, and before looking at the sick, asked Mrs. Worth if she had $10, as he would undertake nothing until he had received the cash. She gave him all she had, about $3, and he withdrew, saying he would send some medicine in the evening, but before that time, the child had died. Mr. Worth, being a timid gentleman, did not mention anything to the authorities until after

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Duluth Herald July 31, 1890 A TRAVELING DOCTOR. TOWER – (Special to The Herald) – A little excitement has prevailed here on the account of a traveling doctor who arrived in the city and hung out his shingle and announced himself

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the funeral, but by that time the doctor had shaken the dust of Tower from his feet and left the city. It would have been short shrift with the gentleman if he had remained, as the citizens were highly indignant.

Ad appearing in the Aug. 2, 1910 edition of the Duluth Evening Herald.

Duluth Herald August 1, 1900 WANT NO POLES. Citizens on Residence Streets Object to Them for Fire alarm.

Loud and strenuous objections are made by prominent citizens and heavy taxpayers, against the city’s placing new fire alarm and police telephone poles on residence streets and avenues.

Some time ago the council instructed the board of fire commissioners to remove the system from the poles of the Duluth Telephone company. This is now being done at an expense that will run at least $5000 before it is completed and the city is compelled to place between 350 and 400 new poles in parts of the city where the Zenith lines do not extend; from the Zenith poles in the alleys to the fire alarm boxes and where the Zenith poles are lower than the electric light wires. Then there is a large expense in purchasing new wire and the labor.

A delegation of citizens called on the city officials this morning and

Ad appearing in the Aug. 2, 1910 edition of the Duluth Herald.

to the industrial home. Thirty-seven complaints were investigated during the month, seven disturbances investigated, six buildings found open, two drunks taken home, one lost child found, eleven auto accidents and two fires attended.

Ad appearing in the July 30, 1880 edition of the Duluth Evening Herald.

Duluth Herald August 2, 1910 VICTIM OF GUNSHOT WOUNDS DIES AT THE COUNTY POOR FARM Was Wounded at Celebration In Aurora Boarding House.

Spoke Strange Dialect and Could Tell Little About His Case.

Martin Rounikar, 30 years old, died last evening at 6 o’clock at the poor farm hospital, following septic wounds resulting from a shot in the back inflicted by a shot gun in the hands of an unknown man.

The murderer is still at large. With the death of Rounikar renewed efforts will be made to capture him and bring him to justice.

The shooting occurred at a boarding house at a mine near Aurora about 1 o’clock Monday morning, July 4 last, after a quarrel, said to have taken place between the dead man and the slayer.

All information known by local authorities is that secured by Dr. C. J. Woolway, poor farm physician, through the assistance of Austrian interpreters. Neither Sheriff Bates nor County Attorney Norton had been advised of the shooting until informed this morning, by a Herald reporter.

It was difficult to secure much information from the victim before he died as the Austrian interpreters called in to interview him claimed that they were unable to understand the dialect he used.

Duluth Herald August 3, 1920 GAMBLERS TOP LIST. Traffic Violators Second in Number of Arrests.

Gamblers topped the list of arrests made by the West end police during the month of July with violators of traffic in second place. A total of thirty-eight arrests were made during the month and thirty-seven complaints were investigated.

Following is the complete report as issued by Lieut. Homlstrom of the West end police: Arrests made on investigations, 1; violators of traffic, 11; petty larceny, 3; grand larceny, 2; gambling, 12; drunk, 7; third degree assault, 1; and one person returned

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Duluth Herald August 4, 1922 EVANGELIST ANNOUNCES NEW SERIES OF SERMONS “The Startling Elijah Message Sent to the World Before the Coming of the Great and Dreadful Day of the Lord. A keen, vigorous Statement of Bible Truth for These Days of Loose Theology and Apostasy.” This will be the subject Sunday night at the Chautauqua tabernacle, Fourth avenue east and Second street, by Pastor Nathan J. Aalborg. The new series of subjects for the coming week are as foillows: Monday night, “United States – The Center of a Future World Catastrophe. A Bible Prediction. What Are the Evidences of Its Fulfillment?”

Tuesday night, “Spiritualism Exposed.

God’s Answer to Sir Conan Doyle on Spiritism.” Wednesday night, “Bible Baptism – Emersion or Sprinkling, Which?” Thursday night, “Babylon and Her Daughters. Who Are They?

– God’s Call. ‘Come Out of Her, My People’.” Friday night, “Pilate’s Question. ‘What Is Truth?’ – The Great Question for Today, What Is Truth.”

Sunday night, “Who Bears the Mystic No. 6-6-6 of the Apocalypse?”

Mr. Aalborg is assisted by Evangelist Wesley Amundson and Miss Irma Jondahl, visiting bible worker.

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Minnesota’s other Nobel laureate Sinclair Lewis was born on Feb. 7, 1885, in Sauk Centre, Minn. He was the youngest of three boys. Their father, Edwin J. Lewis, was the small town’s doctor; their mother, Emma Kermott Lewis, died when Sinclair was 6. A year later, Lewis’s father married Isabel Warner, who became an important influence in his life.

By all accounts, Lewis was an outsider in his home town. Perhaps

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because of that, he took comfort in reading as much as he could. He left Sauk Centre in 1902 to attend Oberlin Academy, a college preparatory school.

In 1903 he entered Yale, where he began honing his skills as a writer.

After taking time away from college to become part of Upton Sinclair’s communal experiment, Helicon Home Colony, Lewis graduated from Yale in 1908.

Lewis’s first book – a young adult adventure novel – was published in 1912 under the pseudonym Tom Graham. During the rest of that decade, Lewis published four, more serious, novels: Our Mr. Wren: The Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man (1914); The Trail of the Hawk: A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life (1915); The Job (1917); and The Innocents: A Story

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for Lovers (1917). He also earned a good income selling short stories to magazines such as the Saturday Evening Post.

Lewis married Grace Livingston Hegger on April 15, 1914. He had met her while they were both working in New York; he was reviewing books for the Publishers Newspaper Syndicate, she was an editor at Vogue. The couple had a son, Wells, in 1917, and divorced in 1925.

Lewis married again in 1928. His second wife was Dorothy Thompson, a well-known newspaper columnist.

They, too, had a son, Michael, in 1930. Lewis and Dorothy divorced in 1937. Wells died in World War II and

Michael, an actor, died in 1975.

Lewis’s breakthrough as a writer came in 1920 with the publication of Main Street: The Story of Carol Kennicott.

The novel takes place in Gopher Prairie (a fictional Sauk Centre) and was loosely based on Lewis’s childhood experiences there; the strong female protagonist was based in part on his stepmother.

The novel instantly made Lewis a wealthy man and an international sensation. It sold 180,000 copies in just over six months. It is estimated that two million Americans read it before his next book was published.

The 1920s were extraordinarily successful for Lewis. He followed

in 1930 when he became the first American to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. The Swedish Academy especially admired the author’s 1922 novel Babbitt.

Lewis’s Nobel Lecture, delivered on Dec. 12, 1930, was titled “The American Fear of Literature” and was quite critical of American letters, stating that “…in America most of us – not readers alone but even writers – are still afraid of literature which is not a glorification of everything American…”.

After his Nobel, Lewis wrote 11 more novels. They are not considered among

his best work.

Beginning in 1939, Lewis had a significant relationship with Rosemary Marcella Powers, 36 years his junior. He also taught, lectured, and continued to struggle with alcoholism.

The mid-1940s found the habitual wanderer settled in Duluth, where he worked on Kingsblood Royal (1947), his novel about race in America based in a fictionalized version of his new home city.

Lewis died in Rome on Jan. 10, 1951.

He was cremated and his ashes were buried in Sauk Centre.

By the time of his death, Lewis’s reputation had fallen, and his 1961 biography by Mark Schorer, though thorough, did not enhance his legacy.

Recent scholarship, however, has brought renewed attention to his writing.

The 2016 presidential election helped make It Can’t Happen Here, Lewis’s 1935 dystopian novel about fascism coming to America, one of the top 10 best-selling books on Amazon.com. For more on It Can’t Happen Here, turn to page 64.

Sinclair Lewis at age 30 in 1915. up Main Street with Babbitt (1922), Arrowsmith (1925), Mantrap (1926), Elmer Gantry (1927), The Man who Knew Coolidge (1928), and Dodsworth (1929).

The decade also saw Hollywood produce five movies based on Lewis’s writings.

Lewis won the Pulitzer Prize for Arrowsmith but he declined the award, objecting to the judging criteria.

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Here’s How: Glass block mortar for good security Dear James: I want to When installing a block install some glass block window, don’t forget about windows for security and egress requirements in case privacy. Would a kit that of fire. There still must uses silicone caulking be be at least one window a strong as the regular that opens. It must have mortar installation to a minimum opening deter a thief? – Donna G. JAMES width of 20 inches and a Dear Donna: Both DULLEY minimum opening height glass and plastic block of 24 inches. The window windows provide much must have a minimum net more security than a clear opening of 5.7 square feet with standard casement or double-hung a maximum sill height of 44 inches glass pane window. above the floor.

Although it is possible to break Installing individual glass blocks in through a block window, it would take mortar is the best method for security. a long time and make a lot of noise that you or your neighbors would hear. An experienced installer can do this quickly, and hiring a professional Thieves seldom attempt it.

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might be your best option for windows that are visible from indoors.

For a utility room, a perfect, neat indoor appearance is not as important, so you might try to do it yourself.

Even if the finished job does not look perfect, it will still stop a thief from breaking through the window.

Also, it will seal out air and water leaks.

The first step to installing individual glass blocks in mortar is to select the type of glass blocks. For a utility room, a clear view outdoors is not important.

Instead, select glass blocks with a medium surface pattern to provide

privacy from outdoors but still allow diffused natural light to pass through.

Once you have the old utility room window removed and the opening cleaned out, it should take about half a day to install a glass block window using the mortar method.

If you start having problems after installing a course or two of the glass blocks, you can stop there and seek assistance.

Determine how many and what size glass blocks you need to fill the window opening. Blocks are available in several sizes, so you will likely need a variety of sizes to properly fill the opening.

The optimum gap between the glass blocks for the mortar joints is 1/4 to

3/8 of an inch.

The next step is to prepare the sill for the mortar and the first course of glass blocks. Coat the sill with a waterbased asphalt emulsion to seal it, and let it dry for a couple of hours. Nail a polyethylene expansion strip to the header and window side jambs.

Lay the proper thickness of a mortar bed on top of the dried asphalt emulsion. Place the base course (horizontal layer) of glass blocks on this mortar bed, leaving the proper gap between each glass block.

Using a rubber hammer or the handle of the trowel, tap them down into the mortar bed. Fill the vertical gaps between them with mortar.

Spread another layer of mortar over the first course of blocks, and place the second course on top of this layer. Tap them in place.

It would be wise to install steel reinforcing rods between every second course of blocks. Spread only a halfthickness of mortar; place the rods, and spread the rest of the mortar so the

rods are totally surrounded by mortar.

Before all the mortar gets too hard, smooth the mortar joints for a nice appearance. Clean out a gap around the perimeter, and fill it with packing material. Finish the perimeter with wood or aluminum trim.

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Is the pandemic fatal to gorillas?

Dear EarthTalk: I overheard someone saying the Coronavirus could drive mountain gorillas extinct? Is this because they are susceptible to the virus? – Spencer S., Tukwila, WA While we don’t know for sure wheth-er mountain gorillas or other great apes are susceptible to coronavirus, no one wants to find out.

Damian Carrington reports in The Guardian that the coronavirus could potentially wipe out already threatened populations of chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans – our closest living relatives with whom we share 98 percent of our DNA. “Even pathogens producing mild symptoms in humans have been lethal

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Coronavirus could be the knock-out punch for African mountain gorillas already on the brink of extinction. Credit: Francesco Ungaro, Pexels. to great apes in the past,” reports Carrington. “The fact that Covid-19 is fatal for some humans leads experts to fear it could potentially prove devastating to great apes.”

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To date, no great apes are known to have contracted the coronavirus.

Those humans who study and protect them would like to keep it that way.

As a result, wildlife tourism across Africa is temporarily shut down. How long “temporary” may be is anybody’s guess at this point, but conservationists fear it could set back their efforts by decades if not put them “out of business”entirely.

“The suspension of ecotourism during the coronavirus pandemic has also meant the main source of revenue for gorilla conservation has been lost and there are fears some of those in surrounding communities who depend on tourists could turn to poaching out of desperation,” reports Jack Losh in The Guardian.

Meanwhile, the story is much the same all across Africa, where govern-

ments have suspended all tourism.

Ann Gibbons reports for Science that researchers at wildlife reserves across Africa face new challenges in the age of coronavirus. The 130 wildlife rangers at Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park are now briefed regularly on how to keep coronavirus away from gorillas and how to monitor wildlife for signs of the sickness.

At another Ugandan reserve, Taï and Kibale, researchers must quarantine for 14 days before they are allowed anywhere near the wild gorilla population under study there.

And once researchers can get closer, they still must, in the words of Gibbons, “change their clothes and take their temperatures before they go into the forest, wear masks, and keep their distance.” Researchers there have also test chimps’ feces for COVID-19 and other viruses.

“Habitat loss and poaching are big threats to the survival of great apes, but viruses are also a concern,” adds Briggs.

“Infectious disease is now listed among the top three threats to some great ape groups.”

Indeed, past research has shown that chimps can contract the common cold virus, while Ebola is thought to be responsible for thousands of wild chip and gorilla deaths across Africa.

Could coronavirus be the death knell for these and other iconic wildlife species?

CONTACTS: “Primatologists work to keep great apes safe from coronavirus,” sciencemag.org/ news/2020/05/primatologists-workkeep-great-apes-safe-coronavirus; “Coronavirus poses lethal threat to great apes, experts warn,” theguardian. com/environment/2020/mar/24/

Nutrients to keep your immunity up

Are you getting the nutrients you need to stay healthy and keep your immune system functioning optimally?

Frequently, health care professionals dismiss the need for supplemental vitamins or minerals. They suggest that you can get all the nutrition you need from a wellbalanced diet.

The trouble is that too many Americans are not getting the nutrients they require for a healthy immune system. That is the conclusion from a study of 26,282 adults between 2005-2016 (Nutrients, June 10, 2020). The investigators found that a surprisingly large proportion of us are not getting what we need in our diets. For example, 84% did not get adequate vitamin E, while 95% did not have enough vitamin D in their food. These vitamins are critical for immune system function.

Vitamins A and C are also essential for healthy immune cells, and nearly half of the study participants were getting too little of each of those. Most people take these vitamins for granted and assume they are getting plenty from their diet.

Where would you get these vitamins? The best source for vitamin A is probably liver, but a lot of people don’t like it. Even people who don’t mind it rarely eat it.

That leaves carotenoid-rich green, yellow and orange vegetables: broccoli, kale, spinach, carrots, squash and sweet potatoes, among others.

Fruits such as apricots, cantaloupe, mangos or peaches can also supply vitamin A-forming carotenoids.

Some fortified dairy products provide vitamin A, and so do fish like salmon or tuna. Fatty fish like this can also provide vitamin D. Dairy products are also fortified with this sunshine vitamin.

Otherwise, the best source of vitamin D is cod liver oil – not a highly popular choice for most folks!

We were surprised to discover that so many Americans are low in vitamin C. A lot of people believe that a few ounces of orange juice in

the morning will cover their needs. Yet the latest survey found 46% of us are not getting enough. Besides citrus fruits, red peppers, kiwifruit, strawberries and tomatoes are good sources.

In addition, about 15% of Americans were not eating enough foods that supply zinc, a mineral that the body must have to mount a robust immune response.

Where would you get this nutrient? Oysters are very rich in zinc, but, like liver, they don’t often show up on family dinner tables.

Seafood, beef and pork are also decent sources, and vegetarians can get zinc from beans, almonds, cashews, chickpeas or pumpkin seeds.

Most people have no idea that one of the medications they take may be depleting their bodies of zinc. Blood pressure pills such as lisinopril or valsartan may be culprits, along with diuretics such as hydrochlorothiazide.

With COVID-19 on the rampage, we all need our immune systems functioning as well as possible.

A well-balanced diet with lots of fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, legumes and whole grains is a great place to start. You might also want to consider a supplement as dietary insurance.

You can learn more about your specific nutritional needs and medicines that may interfere with vitamins and minerals from Dr. Tieraona Low Dog’s book, Fortify Your Life. If you can’t get it from your local library, you can buy a paperback copy from the Books section at PeoplesPharmacy.com.

Joe Graedon is a pharmacologist.

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Tobacco 21 law starts Aug. 1 On Aug. 1 the statewide tobacco sale age will change to 21. Minnesotans for a Smoke-Free Generation celebrates the landmark Tobacco 21 law, which is the result of broad efforts from bipartisan leaders, local communities and a nationwide movement to protect kids.

“Minnesota’s Tobacco 21 movement began with a few concerned residents and physicians and ultimately gained the support of more than 75 communities, thousands of youth and parents, and lawmakREADER ers from all STAFF over the state,” said Molly Moilanen, Vice president at ClearWay Minnesota and co-chair of Minnesotans for a SmokeFree Generation. “Tobacco 21 is not the last step – but it’s an important first step toward preventing youth tobacco addiction.”

The 2019 Minnesota Student Survey found that more than a quarter of 11th-graders and more than one in 10 8th-graders used e-cigarettes in the past month. From 2016 to 2019, 8thgrade vaping rates nearly doubled and overall, rising youth vaping rates erased two decades of progress to reduce youth tobacco use.

Minnesota’s Tobacco 21 law gained strong bipartisan support in both chambers and was swiftly signed into law by Gov. Tim Walz. The state law follows federal action to raise the tobacco age. In December 2019, the U.S. Congress made the federal tobacco age 21, and it immediately went into effect. In addition to aligning with the federal tobacco age, Minnesota’s Tobacco 21 law updates relevant state tobacco definitions, penalties and signage requirements. The law aims to ensure strong compliance and enforcement of Tobacco 21, without punishing young people targeted by the tobacco industry with tactics including social media influencers, kid-friendly flavors and stealthy products.

received a Minnesota Small Business Emergency Loan, as well as a breakout of loans by region and lender, on DEED’s website.

Duluth Y receives funds to support rural youth

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More than 20,000 SNAP users must renew applications

More than 20,000 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Minnesota Family Investment Program recipients must renew their applications in August to ensure they receive their benefits for September

Members of the Duluth Branch NAACP distributed free youth and adult masks at the West Duluth SuperOne on July 23. Free masks are also being distributed by the organization at the Superior SuperOne, 1515 Oakes Ave., from 5 to 6:30 pm Thursday, July 30. Phot by Jim Lundstrom. onward, unless the federal government allows Minnesota continued flexibility in how the benefits are administered.

The Minnesota Department of Human Services will notify SNAP and MFIP recipients who reached the end of their certification period any time from March through August via a written notice in the mail.

“We appreciate that the process of re-certification will be a hardship for recipients who may be hard to locate or who may have barriers to producing their applications without technology and with county and tribal offices still partially closed,” said Human Services Commissioner Jodi Harpstead. “We are sending notices now to make sure that people who are entitled to SNAP and MFIP benefits understand what they need to do to continue receiving them so they will not lose these vital supports.”

In March, the USDA approved waivers that allowed SNAP and MFIP recipients to continue to receive benefits without having to gather the documents to verify their ongoing eligibility as normally required. Prior to the COVID-19 waiver, Minnesotans who applied for and were eligible for SNAP and MFIP were “certified” to receive benefits, periodically renewed their applications, and notified counties and tribes if their circumstances had changed.

To renew, current SNAP and MFIP recipients must complete the Combined Application Form or

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6-month Report, which they will receive in the mail, and provide proof of changes, such as a decrease in income, increase in housing costs, or change in number of members in their household as they did prior to COVID-19.

Information about SNAP and other hunger resources is available on the DHS food emergency webpage.

Information about MFIP can be found on the department’s MFIP webpage.

Food help is also available through the Minnesota Food HelpLine, 888-7111151 or mnfoodhelpline.org.

1,020 small business loans distributed

The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) announced they have distributed small business emergency loans to 1,020 small businesses throughout Minnesota, helping them to survive the initial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Minnesota Small Business Emergency Loan Program is part of a slate of emergency financing options for small Minnesota businesses. Other state options included the Small Business Loan Guarantee program and the Small Business Relief Grant program. State programs complement larger federal government programs, including Small Business Administration assistance, and the Paycheck Protection Program.

You can see a list of businesses that

The Duluth Area Family YMCA has received $20,000 in funding for the True North AmeriCorps program from the Northland Foundation. This money will help place AmeriCorps members in rural schools and nonprofit agencies where they will support youth with identified social, emotional, or behavioral needs.

Youth Development Specialists with True North AmeriCorps help schools and community-based programs respond to significant needs their students face relating to social, emotional and behavioral needs.

Members carry out a variety of tasks.

As part of the larger team, AmeriCorps members help build the capacity of these entities to support youth with unmet needs.

Northland Foundation funds support the placement of members in rural Minnesota including Barnum, Deer River, Ely and Floodwood, who will join others serving in Duluth.

Offer your time and talent to support your community – True North AmeriCorps positions are starting August 17, 2020. Benefits for service include a reliable monthly living allowance; free individual health, dental and vision insurance (full time); child care assistance (full time); student loan forbearance and interest repayment; a YMCA membership; an education award; and valuable professional development. From high school graduate to retiree, nearly anyone with a passion for making a difference can serve with AmeriCorps.

View position descriptions and apply at truenorthamericorps.org/apply or by contacting Alice Werle, Program Director, 218-722-4745 x169 or ajacobson@duluthymca.org.

Sundquist appointed to lead the Range Division

St. Louis County Attorney Mark Rubin announces that Karl Sundquist has been selected to be the next Range Division Head, effective Aug. “Karl brings experience in not only criminal law but also civil and public health & human service matters. Combined with his Range roots, Karl is well suited to the challenges of this new

undertaking,” Rubin said.

The Virginia, Minn., native graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College in 1998 with majors in political science and speech communications, and earned his law degree from WilliamMitchell School of Law in 2001.

Karl has worked in the County Attorney’s Office for 16 years, most recently as a prosecutor in the Virginia office.

As an experienced prosecutor, Karl has been instrumental in mentoring new prosecutors in the Range offices.

“I am excited to have the opportunity to be a Division Head for the St. Louis County Attorney’s Offices on the Range. It is a privilege to work with such exceptional people who work diligently serving the public in many different capacities in our Range communities.” Sundquist said.

DECC announces addition to board of directors

The Duluth Entertainment Convention Center (DECC) Board of Directors wel-comes Peter Singler to the board. Singler’s term began Monday, July 20, and is set to expire March 31, 2023.

At its June meeting the DECC Board elected Pat Mullen and Lynne Williams to officer positions to serve on the DECC Board Executive Committee with current Board Chair Karen Pionk.

Mullen takes the place of Don Ness as board vice chair. Ness has served on the DECC Board of Directors since 2016, during which time he has served as chair and vice chair. Williams was selected to fill the role of secretary/ treasurer previously held by Crystal Pelkey. Pelkey has served on the board for seven years (2013-2020). During that time, she has served on the Governance Committee and devoted five years (2015-2020) to the Executive Committee as secretary/treasurer of the board and chair of the Finance Committee. Pelkey departed the Board when her term expired July 1.

Board Chair Pionk said, “We welcome Peter and look forward to working with him. His knowledge of HR and labor relations will be a welcome addition to the DECC.” Pionk went on to say, “Don and Crystal have played a vital role during their time on the Executive Committee and we appreciate Pat and Lynne stepping up to provide additional leadership during this critical time.”

The DECC Board is comprised of 11 members with staggered terms.

Seven are appointed by the Mayor of Duluth and four are appointed by the Governor of Minnesota.

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Bluebird Foundation ends Christmas CD project

The Bluebird Foundation announced there will not be a Christmas by the Lake-Volume 14 music CD. The album has been an annual tradition and helped with funds for such organizations as the Boys and Girls Club of Duluth and the Northern Lights Foundation in its earlier years.

The past eight years the CD has been the Bluebird Foundation’s major annual fundraiser.

“We have had a fabulous run!

13 years and some great music performances by musicians from around the area and those with ties to our area that wanted to give back” said Tracy Lundeen, creator and longtime producer of the project.

In an email sent to all the participating musicians over the years Lundeen said “thanks to ALL OF YOU, the Bluebird Foundation has been able to give out more than $40,000 in grants and scholarships to high school aged kids in the performing arts largely due to funding from this annual CD project. We couldn’t have done it without your talent and the support of the great people that purchased copies of the CD.” The Bluebird Foundation will continue to present a Christmas by the Lake Concert every November with a silent auction as their major annual fundraiser (this year, due to COVID, it may look different) and they will continue with other fundraising efforts.

Lundeen added “the end of this project had nothing to do with COVID-19 but much to do with changing times and demographics.

People just don’t buy many CD’s anymore and projects like Christmas by the Lake just have really never taken off in the world of music downloading.”

More about the work of the Bluebird Foundation can be found at bluebirdfoundation.org or on facebook.

Workshop to examine Duluth opportunity zones

This workshop will update Duluth stakeholders on the opportunity zone incentive, including a review of its basics, clarifications in federal guidance on its use, and its use for businesses.

Dannielle Lewis of Wipfli, who has worked on numerous opportunity zone deals, will share her expertise on the tools use for economic recovery. The LISC Duluth & Cogent team will discuss the importance of a shared community vision for equitable development and discuss how opportunity zones can advance

Dannielle Lewis recovery and resilience.

The workshop will be held from 2-3:30 pm on Thursday, Aug. 6. Registration is required to receive the workshop Zoom link.

Learn more about the event and register at mnoppco.com/events/ mnoppco-workshop-duluth-thursdayaugust-6-200-330pm/ Dannielle Lewis is a senior manager in the tax practice, focused on serving clients in the construction and real estate industry. She leads Wipfli’s team of Qualified Opportunity Zone specialists and is a frequent speaker on this topic. She also advises clients on complex tax transactions involving partnership interest exchanges or business sales. Dannielle stays up to date on the ever-changing tax laws and recognizes opportunities for new and potential clients to help save and structure their funds. She leverages her proactive planning and advising to ensure clients reach their goals and are successful.

Webinar looks at West Duluth history

In this 2-hour online course, we will explore the “making” of neighborhood identities in Duluth after the 1854 treaty. The event is co-sponsored by Rethos: Places Reimagined and the Duluth Preservation Alliance Join the discussion as Professor Jennifer Webb guides us through the history and the layers of some of Duluth’s oldest neighborhoods.

In this section we will explore how the neighborhoods of western Duluth – from Lincoln Park to Fond du Lac – became the places we recognize today.

Dr. Webb will show us how the river and the landscape helped to define urban “space” in Duluth, but also how people made those spaces into “places”

with particular identities.

Together we will look at Art Fleming’s 21 architectural portraits of local industries which still hang in the Kom-on-Inn bar in West Duluth.

At the time that they were painted in the early 1950s, these portraits of place were already tinged with a nostalgia for a lost past that lingers today. These paintings invite us to look beyond the surface to really tell the stories of our “places.”

As we look to these places with history, community and identity in mind, we can talk together about neighborhood disadvantage, exclusionary practices, and inequality.

To learn more about the Aug. 3 event and to register, visit rethos.org/ events/the-making-of-neighborhoodidentities-in-duluth-mn.

Glensheen offering free admission on Wednesdays

Glensheen is offering free Grounds Admission on Wednesday nights in July and August.

There are few things better during a Minnesota summer than being in Duluth, and sitting on the edge of Lake Superior. So, we’re keeping the grounds open late on Wednesday nights in July and August from 5-10 pm.

Grounds Admission is free and open to the public on Wednesday nights this summer to enjoy campfires, local music, and our Lake Superior shoreline.

Plus, folks can grab dinner from a local food truck on the estate and purchase a local beer from the giant wooden Shark on the Lake. Oasis Del Norte will be doing a pop up in the Glensheen Garage. Then after dinner, savor local Love Creamery ice cream for dessert at our ice cream cabin on the shore.

Round out the evening by watching the sunset over Lake Superior next to a campfire while you sip a local beer like a Castle Danger Cream Ale or a signature drink from Vikre Distillery.

Glensheen is the only legal location in Duluth to get this close to Lake Superior with a drink. So don’t miss your chance!

To top it all off, there will be a physically-distanced local musician playing on the pier. So yes, Concerts on the Pier fans will get a tiny sliver of their wish.

We highly recommend pairing a Wednesday night at Glensheen with an afternoon tour of the mansion. Take a late afternoon tour then head down to the Lake for an evening by the shore.

Learn more about tour offerings.

Health and safety measures are in place. To learn more, visit glensheen. org/glensheens-covid-safety-plan.

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Trump’s shock and awe campaign Camouflage-clad paramilitary vigilantes have been terrorizing Portland, Oregon, grabbing people protesting racism and police brutality, pulling them into unmarked minivans and driving off.

These roving shock troops, with no insignia or badges, proved to be federal agents from a slew of agencies ordered to Portland after President Donald Trump issued an executive order on June 26, a month and a day after the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police.

Trump’s order, “Protecting American Monuments, Memorials, and Statues and Combating Recent Criminal Violence,” was a rambling diatribe against the massive, diverse protest movement that has swept the country in the wake of Floyd’s murder and the police killings of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Rayshard Brooks and more.

Juxtapose these fallen innocents with the statues Trump is desperately trying to protect: Confederate President Jefferson Davis; General Robert E. Lee; John C. Calhoun, the

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seventh vice president of the U.S. and a strident defender of slavery, and Roger Taney, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who wrote the 1857 Dred Scott decision denying citizenship to African Americans.

Add to these the Southern military bases named after Confederate officers, which Trump has declared will not be renamed.

As more Confederate statues and shrines to slavery and genocide have fallen, so too have Trump’s poll numbers. In response, he is putting into practice his frightening penchant for authoritarianism, unleashing a clandestine shadow army on the citizenry, criminalizing protest as he struggles to inflame white supremacy.

Meanwhile, the COVID-19 pandemic surges through the country, and Trump is utterly failing to provide essential federal resources, from personal protective equipment (PPE) to testing and contact tracing, all the basic elements needed to contain this deadly virus.

Democratic Washington Gov. Jay Inslee recently summed up the situation, saying, “I wish he cared more about living Americans instead of dead Confederates.”

On March 16, early in the pandemic, Trump told U.S. governors, “Respirators, ventilators, all of the equipment – try getting it yourselves.”

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each other and the federal government in the open market for masks, gloves, testing swabs, reagents and other supplies, driving up prices and causing lethal shortages. Tens of thousands of people died unnecessarily as a result of Trump’s dereliction of duty.

“We saw health care workers in garbage bag gowns and reusing the same N95 masks for days on end while they risked their lives to save others,” Democratic Sens. Patrick Leahy, Dick Durbin, Patty Murray and Jon Tester wrote to Trump last week, demanding to know why an estimated $8 billion of taxpayer money appropriated for the COVID-19 response, specifically for masks, testing and other supplies, remains unspent.

Reports in recent days, based on unnamed White House sources, suggest Trump wants to completely cut funding to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Institutes for Health for COVID-19 testing and contact tracing, angering even Senate Republicans.

The U.S. has a quarter of the global COVID-19 infections and deaths, but less than 5% of the world’s population.

Nationwide, 60,000 people are now hospitalized with COVID-19 and 1,000 people are dying from the disease every day. Shortages of masks, ICU beds and space for the dead in morgues are mounting.

Currently, on a per capita basis, the hardest hit states are Florida, Louisiana, Arizona, Mississippi, Alabama, Nevada, South Carolina, Texas, Idaho, Tennessee and Georgia – a list that includes all seven of the original Confederate states.

Despite the worsening catastrophe, the Republican governors of Florida, Georgia and Arizona, all staunch Trump allies, refuse to issue statewide mask mandates.

They are only following their leader, President Trump, who also won’t issue a national mask mandate, claiming to respect state and local authority.

In almost the same breath, though, Trump threatens to send a “surge” of armed federal agents to major cities across the country, against the wishes of those very cities and states.

President Trump’s job is to protect public safety. That includes protecting the public health, especially in this time of the dual pandemics of COVID-19 and police brutality.

The response in Oregon to Trump’s outrageous, and likely unconstitutional, deployment of federal agents has been resoundingly critical. Gov. Kate Brown denounced “secret police abducting people,” and Oregon attorney general Ellen Rosenblum has sued several of the federal agencies involved.

In the streets, a contingent of women has grown nightly, protecting protesters by forming a “wall of moms.” Sen. Ron Wyden, describing the federal agents as “essentially fascist,” warned, “If the line is not drawn in the sand right now, America may be staring down the barrel of martial law in the middle of a presidential election.”

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To the races I should know better and play it safe here at my Home on the Range. But not all gain wisdom with age; well I haven’t, anyway. Plus I’m back where I started and wrote my first political piece about a President frittering away on the golf course, to me a more serious issue than Presidential philandering.

Actually can’t think of a politico who 100% fulfilled my standards, but then they are people of the people so what can you expect? A greedy, conniving public seems to produce greedy connivers and puts them in office to greedily connive for the public benefit, of course. Uh huh, so that’s how it’s supposed to work, or maybe officials are elected to amuse us.

Well at least they often manage that.

In any case I’d be a wiser person to avoid like Novel Flu the topic of race.

But how can any of us help but face the issue?

This is especially so when not adopting particular stances makes you (to some extent dependent on color) a racist. Neutrality or color blindness is unacceptable.

But where to start?

I’ve heard the once mainstream popular Cosby Show was not representative of actual racial experience.

What is?

Are Oprah, Colin K, or Obama representative or do we have to look at a Zulu Impe for a legitimate view?

How’s a paleface muggle like me expected to figure this out if there’s barely a hint of explanation among the drum beats of accusation?

An account given credence today begins with 1619 (aka Sixteen Teenth perhaps?) as the birth of American slavery. This is absolutely correct, but we have to remove from consideration the practice of enslavement before that date by various native groups in North and South America.

And there were the Spanish, Portuguese, and French actively bringing agricultural slaves for their plantations.

Can’t be certain of numbers, but a majority of African slaves were taken to Central and South America. Estimates are 10% of slaves ripped from Africa went to North America. It’s too many, but still a junior part of the bigger picture.

Well before the U.S. Civil War and Emancipation U.S. and British navies harassed the slave trade by stopping

ships, sometimes with the horrific consequence of shackled slaves sometimes being dumped over to drown in an attempt to prevent seizure of the ship.

Slave ships and shippers were often Portuguese, but that’s only part of a complicated web of Arab traders and African groups acting as slave hunters.

North Africa, the Middle East, and Ottoman Empire imported staggering numbers of black slaves as expendable labor.

Their virility feared, male slaves not going to the Americas were often castrated (a version of which was visited on the Lost Boys in more recent times.) Many died afterward from infection.

Female slaves were for sex or domestic service. The survival of any of their children had lower than low priority.

A snapshot view shows why we see more slave decedents in the Americas than the equally extensive Arab and Middle Eastern slave markets.

There’s no question that the sugar cane to rum to slave cycle of trade that went on in the U.S. and Britain was evil and abusive; so much so that both those nations became early reformers.

(Look up Wilberforce in English history. John Brown was the U.S. abolitionist who tried to speed up the process in the US. but failed. In both countries, despite their sympathies, a typical person then as today feared social turmoil and didn’t wish for open conflict.)

In contrast, there was no reform movement among the Turks or Arabs, both of whom dealt in slaves on the scale and in the way Saudis sell oil today. Things that went on in the Americas from the 1500s to the 2000s are far more complex than racism alone.

It’s worth a jog to note that af-ter battling the British for our independence one of the first major international efforts the new country made was to establish a navy in part to balk British efforts to press U.S. citizens to serve in their navy and balk those North African states taking American seamen for ransom or sale as slaves.

With the U.S. Navy came the birth of the Marines on the “shores of Tripoli.”

Turks and Arabs were known to the point of being notorious for selling non-Muslim Europeans. (Enslaving

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“A danger in heated times is the growth of reactionary oppression. Moral certitude is a certain danger. As the Rebel Confederacy learned, freedom in belief or politics does not include the freedom to impose those things on others.”

Muslims was prohibited. Anyone else was fair game.)

From before the time of the Crusades pale and blonde Christian children were prized as valuable commodities for trade. Non-Muslims in the Balkans paid a tax in children for household and military service. The Swedish Bikini Team we joke about would have brought big bucks in Arab and Ottoman slave markets. (Precise numbers are not known, but seacoast towns were often abandoned in fear of Arab slavers as they’d been over Viking raiders. In other words some evidence is indirect but reasonably valid.)

To use a phrase that sounds awfully out of place, slavery and racism are not the stark, cut and dried, black and white issues often presented as being the story.

I’m not a fan of Robert E. Lee, but I can say from what’s known of him his motivations as a Confederate

general were not particularly racist. I don’t understand or sympathize with his allegiance to the State of Virginia, but he believed the independence of Virginia worth fighting for even though he disagreed with it on the subject of owning other human beings as property. (Indentures and Apprenticeships, etc., were other “lesser” forms of holding people as temporary property as was the widespread system of sharecropping.)

I need opine that addressing serious social concerns with accusations of guilt and malice is not the way to dialog. Throwing a roommate’s clothes out a window and burning them doesn’t start a discussion.

A danger in heated times is the growth of reactionary oppression.

Moral certitude is a certain danger.

As the Rebel Confederacy learned, freedom in belief or politics does not include the freedom to impose those things on others.

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Season looks different for Milwaukee Brewers

By Megan Hart The Brewers won their first game of the season last Friday, against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field.The Brewers, who lost in last year’s National League Wild Card Game, will aim to make the playoffs for a franchise-record third consecutive season.

Here’s what fans need to know.

How will the season work?

Teams will play just 60 regular season games, instead of the typical 162, a schedule designed to limit travel amid the pandemic.

The Brewers will face each of their NL Central division rivals 10 times. Their remaining 20 games are scheduled against American League Central division teams due to their proximity.

On Thursday, the league announced an expanded playoff format for this year, with 16 teams reaching the postseason.

The playoffs will still feature four rounds, but no Wild Card Game.

Instead, the top four seeds from each league will host seeds five through eight for a best-of-three series. After that, the format goes back to normal, although Major League Baseball has reserved the right to move postseason games to neutral sites if a city or region is experiencing a severe coronavirus outbreak.

There are also some rule changes for this year. Both leagues will allow designated hitters to limit wear and tear on pitchers. During the regular season, extra half-innings will begin with a runner on second.

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This year also marks the implementation of a new rule that was announced last year: Pitchers will be required to face at least three batters or pitch to the end of an inning. The move is an attempt to reduce the number of pitching changes a team can make, and effectively speed up the game.

What safety precautions will the team take?

The league put together a pretty comprehensive list of precautions teams should take to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Some are commonsense: no hugs, high fives, spitting or chewing tobacco. Coaches or players who come within 6 feet of an umpire to argue a call can be suspended or fined.

Testing is also an important part of the league’s strategy, with players being tested every other day for COVID-19 and monthly for antibodies.

The Brewers have made several adjustments inside Miller Park, said Steve Ethier, the team’s vice president of stadium operations. To allow for social distancing among players and staff, the dugout has been expanded to encompass some areas typically dedicated to fans. The team has also instituted new cleaning procedures.

Will there be fans?

Major League Baseball told teams there should be no fans for at least the first two weeks of the season. After that, it will be up to the league, clubs and local health officials, Ethier said.

The Brewers have also asked fans not to tailgate, in accordance with the city’s public health rules on public gatherings.

Milwaukee County has among the highest number of per capita coronavirus cases in the state. Still, the team is preparing for the possibility it will welcome fans to Miller Park this summer. Precautions would include two-way traffic in the concourse,

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socially distanced seating and establishing a capacity for restrooms and stores, Ethier said.

In the meantime, Miller Park won’t be completely empty. Brewers fans had the opportunity to purchase cardboard cutouts of themselves or their pets, which will adorn the stands at home games.

What will the broadcast look like?

When the New York Yankees and the Washington Nationals faced off Thursday, with Dr. Anthony Fauci throwing out the ceremonial first pitch, things sounded pretty normal.

The Nationals piped in crowd noise and played music. It was almost easy to forget there were no fans in the stands.

Brewers announcer Brian Anderson is a bit nervous about calling games with all the changes this season, he said. He and Jeff Levering will call Friday’s game from Miller Park, not Wrigley Field, making it a bit like announcing a video game, Levering said.

What are the players saying?

On Thursday, Brewers outfielder and 2018 league MVP Christian Yelich said it’s likely to be a quiet opening day.

“It’s definitely exciting, though, to play some games that count and get back to a semi-normal year,” he said.

The Brewers played an exhibition game against the Chicago White Sox

Wednesday, and they practiced at Wrigley Field Thursday. Yelich said he feels healthy despite a shortened training camp.

Travel is a bit different amid the pandemic, he said. For example, players aren’t allowed to eat at restaurants.

But Yelich said he trusts the safety precautions the league has put in place.

Ryan Braun was on the opening day roster despite dealing with a recent oblique injury. Even though there won’t be fans in attendance, he hasn’t ruled out the possibility he could get booed at Wrigley Field, maybe by fans on nearby rooftops.

“Obviously for all of us, we’d prefer to have fans,” he said. “Even on the road, in the most challenging environments, I just think they create such a unique atmosphere.”

Leo: July 23-Aug. 22 Duality: Masculine Element: Fire Ruling planet: Sun Symbol: The lion by Key phrase: LADY “You had it coming.”

OCALAT Part of the body ruled by Leo: back, spine and heart.

Lucky day: Sunday Lucky numbers: 8 and 9 Birthstone: Ruby and amber Special colors: gold and orange Flowers: sunflowers and marigolds Metal: Gold Animals ruled by Leo: All felines Danger: Leos tend to be bombastic and challenging, and often provoke others into impulsive violence. They are also prone twoard being victims of slander and vicious gossip.

Leo the Lion is the fifth sign of the zodiac, and as such rules the House of Creativity and Sex. Just look at any astrology book and they will tell yo that Leos are proud, self-assured and exuberant fun l;overs who are by their very nature loyal, generous and elegant.

Guess what? A Leo astrology probably wrote those books.

If you want my opinion, and truth be known, the Lions are attentiongrabbing, overbearing egomaniacs whose childish, self-centered behavior is exceeded only by their obnoxious attempts to boss around everyone else.

Their loyalty is beyond question.

They are devoted to themselves. all Leos possess a Kingdom. The Kingdom may be big or small. It may be their home, or a lover, or a piece of creative work, or their whole career, but whatever it is, Leos are unquestioningly ruler of this Kingdom.

A surprising number of tyrants have been born under this Ruling sign. I give yo Napoleon Bonaparte, Fidel Castro, Benito Mussolini and Dustin Hoffman (just sayin’ – word is he’s a GIGANTIC prick on the set).

Their constant need for attention often negates their playful, happy nature, and when they lose contact with that part of themselves, they become selfish tyrants roaring through life creating misery. And being born with the instant gratification gene overshadows ANY ability to understand the value of nurturing an idea of a relationship.

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Argue with a Leo, and they’ll roar with indignant fury. Win your argument and the Lion will silently stare at you, then retreat into the shadows to plan its next attack.

This is a Fire sign, and thus is concerned with the discovery and fulfillment of future possibilities. Leo’s idealistic nature is always striving to develop confidence in itself, to express its true nature, and allow its inner light to shine. Leos possess a strong creative and artistic streak; they have style and charisma, and tend to live larger than life. Cecil B. De<Mille, he great filmmaker of early Hollywood, comes to mind, as does the inimitable Amelia Earhart, and, of course, the indominatable Julia child (the French chef who wasn’t French).

She is quoted as saying, “Just speak very loudly and quickly, and state your position with utter conviction, as the French do, and you’ll have marvelous time.”

Or the infamous Robert DeNiro, a fabulous example of a Leo. “You talkin’ to me? You talkin’ to me?” (from Taxi Driver).

“Better to be king for a night than a schmuck for life.” (from King of Comedy).

“There are three ways of doing things around here: The right way, the wrong way, and the way I do it.” (from Casino).

The intensity of emotion felt by those born under this sign when they truly love is nothing less than red hot.

Their love knows no limits, not does it desire any. Leos are true romantics and it;s difficult not to love them, because their generous and warm-hearted nature makes them impossible to resist.

Their great popularity ensures that they;re usually surrounded by a host of admirers.

Classic male Leo: Mick Jagger.

“Thank you for leaving us alone, but giving us enough attention to boost our egos.”

If you love a Leo man, he may be the quiet kind who wants you to hover over him constantly. Be ready, though, as he well not hesitate to tell you your hair is a mess, your ass is too big, etc.

When you burst into tears, he will be genuinely shocked, because in his mind, he was only trying to give yo the benefit of his wise counsel.

If you catch him in a playful mood, he’ll be cocky. He’ll wear dark glasses at night and hit on anything that walks by. And by the time he’s 40 he’ll resemble an aging Fonzie with his beer

gut hanging over his too-tight Levis.

Leo’s vanity knows no bounds. They are the ones with the ass tattoos who don;t hesitate to “show” you their masterpiece. Lucky, lucky you!

Classic female Leo: Martha Stewart: “Just put on your resume that you work for Martha Stewart. That’s more valuable than all the overtime I could pay you.”

The Leo woman is more hussy than highness. Her motto is, “If you’ve got it, flaunt it. If you don’t, fake it.”

Leoness Mae West is a classic example of the archetypal female lion.

West’s outrageous style and nonstop sexual innuendo were her trademarks.

Only a Leo would have the brass to write, produce and star in a play called “SEX” in 1925. She became infamous for one-liners such as: “I used to be Snow White but I drifted.”

“I’m a girl who lost her reputation and never missed it.”

“Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.”

“Save a boyfriend for a rainy day, and another, in case it doesn’t rain.”

Or,“I have never loved another person the way I love myself.”

She was smart, sly and way ahead of her time. True to her over-the-top Leonine character, West pushed her luck too long and too hard. At 85, she still wore her hair cascading over her shoulders, although it looked more like a damp mop than a silky man. Her makeup was garish and she propped herself up on the arms of sweating bodybuilders young enough to be her grandkids. West had become a caricature. The hooker with a heart of gold turned into a hag who refused to relinquish the spotlight.

Your Leo woman won’t be quite as

vain, but will demand lots of attention. She’s as high maintenance as they come.

Leos walk over the Earth signs with no fear. One swipe of their powerful claws stops Taurus in its charging tracks/. Virgo instinctively knows to defer to Leo’s regal bearing, and Leos will verbally shake Capricorn by its hairy neck until it;s limp with fear.

Leos definitely have a feline taste for seafood, and one glimpse of a gleaming fang sends petulant Pisces diving for cover. Should a cracked Crab shuttle out to bite Lethe Lion;s paw, they will snap it up for a tasty mid-afternoon snack, and sullen Scorpio’s stinger can’t deflate either Leo’s sunny disposition or their ego.

The Air signs Gemini Aquarius and Libra simply can’t ruffle the lion’s fur, no matter how hard they posture and blow.

But the Lion Leo and fellow Fire signs Aries and Sagittarius understand each other on a soul level, and, therefore, rarely have serious confrontations.

Quick tips for emergencies.

1. Lions need respect.

2. Usually, their roar is sharper than their claws.

3. Attention and flattery keep your Lion purring.

4. One expensive gift is better than lots of little nothings.

5. Stun them by ignoring their roaring.

Leo is the Divine Child of the zodiac, and for them the world is a wonderfully exciting extension of themselves.

The truth is that their link with the Lion;s Kingship lies in the heroic conflict between Leo’s most noble intentions and the raw power of its instinctual nature.

Good days: July 26, 27, 28 and Aug. 22.

Difficult days: Aug. 9, 10, 11.

Amorous days: Aug. 12 Clarity of mind: July 31.

Lady Ocalat is a professional astorlogist, reiki master, minister and tarot reader. She can be reached at 218-7222240 or at Lady Ocalat’s Emporium in downtown Duluth. ladyocalat.com.

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Life on the top of life

Young water striders crowd on to a water shield leaf. I wonder, are they taking a break to be warmer, and drier, and hide from underwater predators just like the loon chicks?

Photos by Emily Stone.

The kayak rocked gently as I lowered myself in. With a few paddle strokes I was gliding away from shore, but mosquitoes still buzzed around the netting of my bug jacket. On this calm, humid morning, the bug jacket was a sanity saver.

I don’t usually get out on the water this early, but today I was on a mission.

This summer is the Loon Population Survey that LoonWatch CONNECTIONS at Northland College runs every five years.

During the last survey, in 2015, I counted loons on a single lake on my way to work.

This year, with many of the regular survey volunteers reluctant to travel to their lake homes, I’ve added two new lakes to my list. The official survey took place July 18.

I wondered, will I really have time to do all of that driving, loading and unloading the kayak, and still spend quality time on each lake? This trial run would help me figure that out.

On the glassy lake, which reflected an overcast sky, I noticed a thick sprinkling of tiny insects. They parted for my bow, and we both created ripples as we moved.

As I nosed through a patch of water lily leaves, though, I was startled to see that some of the leaves bristled with clusters of these black critters.

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streamlined pair of legs trailing behind, I could barely discern their short front legs from the rest of their body. Curved antennae arched like sheep horns away from the heads.

Some water lily leaves only sported a fringe of these leggy critters, while other, smaller, water shield leaves were completely hidden beneath the invertebrate stubble.

Later, I would discover that these are young water strider nymphs. Unlike butterflies, who transform from egg, to caterpillar, to chrysalis, and then adult, water striders go through incomplete metamorphosis.

Basically, they shed their exoskeleton five times in about two months as they grow, and look more like an adult each time. In all stages, water striders are excellent predators on mosquito larvae.

The baby mosquitoes must breathe at the surface through a snorkel. Water striders can grab that snorkel, pull them up, and suck their juices. That’s poetic justice, don’t you think?

And while, from the perspective of a giant human, all those water strider legs looked like hair on the leaves, a closer look at those legs would reveal actual hairs.

At a nanoscale, these microscopic hairs are covered with spiraling grooves that collect and remove water droplets.

This prevents the water strider from getting soggy despite skating on surfaces with liquid below and high humidity above. Scientists hope to use this design to create water repellent surfaces through biomimicry.

I can’t zoom in to the level of those hairs, but I do love zooming in on my photos once I get them home. When I did, four tiny, red specks appeared in

Loon chicks ride on their parents back during their first two weeks of life. It’s warm, it’s safe, and it’s dry. a cluster of striders on a water shield leaf. It took me a minute, but I finally connected the dots (so to speak) and realized that these were nymphs themselves – this time of water mites.

As tiny as adult water mites are, these spider relatives are straight-up predators. Their young, though, are parasites who attach like ticks to their hosts and sip bodily juices until they drop off and join their parents as predators.

I’ve photographed dragonflies carrying the water mite nymphs around, and now these water striders, too. Before you start saying ew, or judging the mites’ lifestyle, please know that they also attach to mosquitoes. If a female mosquito has enough mites, they’ll prevent her from laying eggs. Does that change your opinion of them?

Here were mites on top of nymphs on top of leaves, with mosquitoes still buzzing around my head. But we’re not done yet.

The leaves themselves held evidence of more life, in the form of squiqqly lines that looked black against the dark water. These are channels created by midge larvae as they feed. With weak mouthparts, they cut off a strip of the epidermis, scrape it clean of nutritious green cells, and then use silk to fasten the strip into a roof above their channel.

This setup allows water to continuously flood the channel. The larvae breathe through gills and will die if they dry out.

When I finally looked up from that lively patch of weeds, I quickly spotted the loon I’d come for. At first it looked like a single adult, but as I coasted closer and zoomed farther, the hump

on its back resolved into two fuzzy chicks.

While I watched, the chicks wiggled and preened. I smiled, remembering the many times I climbed into my mom’s lap, only to be called a wiggle worm as I fidgeted between the desire to be cozy or to be active.

Finally, one chick sprawled all the way across their parent’s back to take a nap, while the other chick floated nearby. These chicks must be almost two weeks old, which is the age they lose access to their private raft.

Here again, on this summer morning in the Northwoods, was life on top of life.

I found the loons. I found much more.

(And yes, even with distractions, I had plenty of time to survey all three lakes.)

Emily Stone is the Naturalist/Education Director at the Cable Natural History Museum. Her second book, Natural Connections: Dreaming of an Elfin Skimmer, is now available to purchase at cablemuseum.org/books. Or order it from our friends at redberybooks.com to receive free shipping! For more than 50 years, the Cable Natural History Museum has served to connect you to the Northwoods.

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Kia stable adds impressive Seltos to stable

GILBERT’S GARAGE JOHN GILBERT Startling in bright yellow, the 2021 KIia Seltos SX brightened up Lake Superior’s North Shore. Photos by John Gilbert The relationship between South Korean partners Kia and Hyundai has been interesting, if a bit confusing in the decade or so they’ve been united in a move by which Hyundai took in the struggling Kia operation.

For awhile, it seemed that Kia simply got its own version of various Hyundai vehicles, but in recent years, Kia has boldly stepped out onto its own path.

There is no better example than the new Kia Seltos, a compact SUV that seems to be about the same size as Hyundai’s award-winning Kona. The Kona was named 2019 New Car Pick of the Year by newcarpicks.com, as well as numerous other evaluating sources.

We are still evaluating our long-term Kona, which made it handy when a Neptune Blue 2021 Kia Seltos S Turbo

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showed up at our Duluth-area home for a week’s test.

Side-by-side, there are distinct differences, an objective the companies made a few years ago to use styling to differentiate, rather than copy.

The Seltos is about 5 inches longer and about 2.5 inches taller, with those 2.5 inches used up by giving the Seltos about 7 inches of ground clearance, 2 more than the Kona.

The Seltos also has the unique Kia grille, under which is a very noticeable skid-plate, offering protection if you decide to do a little light off-roading.

We were both impressed and puzzled by the Seltos S. Impressive was the sticker price, $26,740 with all options included, and also impressive was the Seltos S had a lot of punch from its

1.6-liter turbocharged 4 – the same engine that we got in the Kona. It has 175 horsepower at 6,000 RPMs, and a whopping 195 foot-pounds of torque at only 1,500 RPMs – a very good balance between the torque’s low-end punch and the horsepower’s cruising credits.

The all-wheel-drive system has a mode knob on the console, right next to the shift lever that governs the 7-speed dual-clutch automatic, and you can set it for normal, sport or eco.

Enormously impressive is a switch that engages a downhill control, causing the engine to stay in a lower gear and aid you when descending hills without using only your brakes.

In Duluth, where every avenue is a mile-high hill climb, meaning also a

mile-down grade, that switch was eminently useful.

The full array of safety gizmos are there, including a lane-departure system that includes lane-following, which keeps you centered in your lane, although not obtrusively.

With gadgetry like that, it seemed curious that the Seltos S did not have keyless entry, or keyless ignition, which mostly proves how spoiled we’ve become with all those pushbutton start systems.

Still, for $26,000, the Seltos S seemed quite the bargain.

A few weeks later, we got a surprise visit from another Seltos, this one an SX Turbo, also with all-wheel drive, and also with the upgraded luxury features lacking on the Seltos S. It was July 23, 2020 45

Starbright Yellow, with black molding Kona, Bell explained that there indeed and trim, and it was striking. Different were some. grille, departing from the Kia signature “They are on the same platform, style, and LED lights all around. It also even though the Seltos is longer,” Bell had the smart key, for entry and push- explained. “The difference is that the button start, and the interior upgrades Kona is a global car, and in Europe were befitting the top line Seltos, they like lighter, agile small SUVs. priced at $29,485. Other additions were The Seltos is built specifically for the remote start, smart cruise control with U.S. consumers, although it also will automatic stop-start, a color instrument be sold in India, but not in Europe. It cluster, and 18-inch wheels, which were is aimed at being a little more rugged an option in the “S.” and capable. With the extra ground The upgraded SX, in its bright yellow clearance, you could do light off-roading paint, didn’t have a sunroof, like its less- with it.” expensive sibling, and it had the same On the road, we got 28.5 miles per 1.6-liter turbo powertrain. gallon in combined city-highway I made a call to James Bell, Kia’s driving, although when I realized we director of corporate communications, were mostly set in Sport, I switched it to and a trustworthy source of information the Smart normal setting and was able of all things Kia, because he used to to get 32 mpg, which is very good for be a very good auto journalist, before any SUV with all-wheel drive. he went over to the “dark” side. Asked The Hyundai-Kia partnership also about the similarities with the Hyundai has a smaller SUV in the Hyundai

Stylish from all angles, the rear captures the fading afternoon light of the loaded Seltos SX Turbo AWD. Venue, while Kia’s counterpart to that, Bell said, is the Stonic, being sold in Europe.

Kia has also gone its own way with the Soul, which Hyundai doesn’t have but it has the Veloster, which Kia doesn’t have. The Kia Optima, a beautiful companion to Hyundai’s mainstream midsize Sonata, shares the matching restyling both have enjoyed for 2021, and the Optima will drop its name and become the K5, again going more aggressive with two turbo engines and an all-wheel-drive option.

Hyundai came out with the impressive Ioniq sedan, which can be

had as hybrid, plug-in hybrid, or pure electric. Kia didn’t get that, but got the Niro, styled more like a compact SUV with an all-electric version that has nearly 300 miles of range on a charge.

“We think the demand for electric cars is only going to increase over the next couple of years,” Bell said. “As it is, we’re making all that we can make right now.”

It may be that by going their separate directions, Kia and Hyundai will expand their already elite level of market share. And the Seltos will be the light off-roader in the mix.

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Western Conference Q/round robin thoughts CARLTON PEAK – I don’t know about you, but starting Tuesday evening I’ll be watching some NHL exhibition games in preparation for the start of the Stanley Cup tourney on Saturday. To say I’m pumped up would be a vast understatement.

This afternoon the 24 competing teams assembled in the hub cities they will be competing in, Toronto for the Eastern Conference and Edmonton for the West and that mostly went off without any major glitches. They all did so with 30 of their rostered players available, 17 forwards, 9 defensemen and 4 goaltenders.

Without further ado, the West Q Round qualifying matchups are as follows; the Edmonton Oilers will meet the Chicago Blackhawks. The Nashville Predators will face off against the Arizona Coyotes. The Vancouver Canucks will do battle with our Minnesota Wild and the Calgary Flames will hook it up with the Winnipeg Jets.

For the Oiler-Hawk series, Chicago is unsettled in net after trading Robin Lehner before the deadline, and Corey Crawford has been in quarantine following a positive COVID test. He’s out now, but hasn’t got enough work in to be ready IMO. The Hawks are thin on D, but strong up front. The Oilers have two of the best forwards in the world with McDavid and Draisaitl, adequate but not overpowering defense and Koskinen and Mike Smith sharing the net. I think offense wins this series and it will be the Oil. For the Coyotes and Preds, they split 2 games in the shortened regular season with no one holding power over the other here. Both clubs have some star power up front with Hall, Kessel, Keller and Schmaltz for the Yotes, Arvidsson, Duchene, Forsberg and our old friend Granny for NASH, ARI sends Ekman-Larsson, Hjalmarsson and Goligoski out on the blueline, and the Preds feature Josi, Ellis and Ekholm on the backend. It is possible the netminding could be a standoff here with the ARI tandem of Kuemper and Raanta going against Saros and Rinne for the Preds. Give me the Desert Dogs in this one.

With VAN and the WILD, most

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“experts” are leaning Canucks here.

Not me. Sure the Canucks feature some young players with world-class skill.

They also have no playoff experience in this league. Boeser, Pettersson and Horvat are great players. They are supported by Edler, Hughes and Tanev on the backend and with Jacob Markstrom in goal, if all fell right for VAN they could prevail. But the Wild aren’t chopped liver and were playing a very good team game prior to the shutdown. Fiala, Parise and Zuccarello up front with Suter, Spurgeon and Dumba on the blueline and I’m presuming Dubnyk and Stalock in goal will be a pretty tough out for VAN. The Wild experience and defensive game will stifle the Canucks in the end and the Wild win this series.

For the Flames and Jets, this battle between two Canadian teams will be of high interest. Both have star power up front and on the blueline. The Jest can send out Wheeler, Laine and Schiefle up front and CAL can match it with Gaudreau, Tkachuk and Monahan. CAL features Giordano, Brodie and Hanifin on the blueline while the Jets can send Dahlstrom, Kulikov and Pionk over the boards. I believe this series gets settled between the pipes though. The Flames have David Rittich and Cam Talbot to battle Connor Hellebuyck and Lauren Brossoit. Overall I’ve not been as impressed by “Big Save Dave” as I have been by Hellebuyck. I give the nod to the Jets in goal and behind the bench with Paul Maurice. Jets advance here.

IN THE ROUND ROBIN portion of the first part of the tourney, there isn’t a whole lot of picking one can do here since these aren’t “series” – the teams are playing for seeding position. How could this play out if a RR team wanted to insure meeting a certain opponent in the first round?

Will some teams play “up” or “down” depending on how the ‘Q’ round is going?

Well, that could get interesting as the tourney moves forward. The challenge here is to contemplate how any team, veteran or younger will play after a 4 ½ month layoff. The one exhibition game the teams will participate in this week will hardly get a team up to “game speed.” They will help, but…

What I can say though based on my knowledge of each team and what I think they will do is to predict an order of finish in this part of the tourney.

Again, in the East you will have Boston, Tampa Bay, Washington and Philadelphia. BOS has some vet star power but they have a lot of hockey

miles on them. How do they do here?

TAM has a good mix and a slightly stronger D corp in my book and maybe the best goaltending of the 4. WAS has Ovi and J-Carl, but to me, their goaltending has been erratic and the rookie Samsonov is not available. PHI has been a surprise to some but not to me. They ARE good. If their young netminder Hart comes through they will surprise. In the East; 1. TAM 2. PHI 3. BOS 4. WAS. In the West; the clubs are STL, COL, VGK and DAL. The Blues are the defending Cup Champ and could repeat. Their win last year was not a fluke and they are still that good. The Av’s can put a power game on the ice that flat out wins games, I have questions about their netminding overall. Vegas could get far in the tourney too. They have a rounded game and between Fleury and Lehner, maybe one of the best 3 goalie tandems in the tourney. The Stars have an array of talent and an inability this year to consistently put it all together. When they are running on all cylinders you will have problems beating them. They

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don’t always do that though, making them one of the more enigmatic teams in the tourney. For the West; 1. COL 2.

VGK 3. STL 4. DAL The WILD will have their first tilt on Sunday, Aug. 2, at 9:30 pm. This game will air on NBCSN or FSN in the State of Hockey. The team has removed the interim tag from Head Coach Dean Evason and extended his contract through the end of the 2021-2022 season.

They also signed Russian star, Kirill Kaprizov to a two-year deal and are hoping he can make it to Edmonton to join the team in the playoff “bubble.”

He will be ineligible to play though due to league rules. How good he will be remains to be seen. There are high hopes based on skill level, on the other hand he hasn’t consistently played against NHL-level talent and he was a 5th round pick, 135th overall. Many proponents of this player seem to forget that. I do think this guy could be a “sleeper” though. And if he is, look out!! PEACE

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Slugging Twins start, Wild follow Optimism remains high for both the Twins in Major League Baseball and the Wild in the resumption of the NHL stretch run to the Stanley Cup, and both of them are getting into unique tangents of competition without fans and with involvement of everybody up to the President.

The Twins started off with a healthy run against the Chicago White Sox, winning the actual opener 10-5, then losing 10-2 before capping the 3-game series with a 14-2 whopping of the White Sox. Home runs and power and spotty pitching – the Twins showed it all before coming home to Target Field for their home opener. Without fans, though, we wonder how effective the

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home-field advantage will be.

In hockey, the bizarre effect of the COVID-19 pandemic has put the top 24 teams into Edmonton in the West and Toronto in the East.

All teams are cloistered into a variety of hotels near the respective arenas, and games will be piled up in batches of two or three a day, which should make for spectacular watching on satellite TV. Reports are that very few reporters have ventured to Edmonton from U.S. cities, and they will be greatly restricted in access to players, with all postgame interviews conducted on video.

But here is the breakdown of the first week of best-of-5 competition to qualify for the actual 16 teams that will form the Stanley Cup quarterfinals for both East and West.

On Saturday – this Saturday – you can tune in your big flat-screen for a long day of NHL action.

At 11 a.m., the New York Rangers play Carolina Hurricanes to open Toronto’s East slate; at 2 p.m., the

scene shifts to Edmonton, where the Chicago Blackhawks face the homestanding Edmonton Oilers; at 3 p.m., back to Toronto, where the Florida Panthers face the New York Islanders; at 7 p.m., Montreal tackles the Pitts-burgh Penguins in the East; at 9:30 p.m., back in Edmonton, the Winnipeg Jets face the Calgary Flames.

On Sunday, after you’ve gotten up early to watch the British Grand Prix from Silverstone at 9 a.m., you’ve got time for brunch before 1 p.m., when actions starts in Edmonton with the Nashville Predators taking on Phoenix; at 2 p.m., in Toronto, the Philadelphia Flyers meet Boston in what should be an epic first-round qualifying series; at 5:30 p.m., the St, Louis Blues meet Colorado; at 7 p.m., in Toronto, the Columbus Blue Jackets meet the Toronto Maple Leafs; and at 9:30 p.m., back in Edmonton, the Minnesota Wild tackle the Vancouver Canucks.

All of those games are the first games of best-of-5 series that will send the losers home and the winners staying put for the divisional quarterfinals.

The action gets hotter quickly, because on Monday, at 11 a.m. in Toronto, the Rangers-Hurricanes play Game 2; at 1:30 p.m. in Edmonton, the Jets-Flames meet; at 3 p.m. in Toronto, Washington faces the Tampa Bay Lightning; at 5:30 p.m. in Edmonton, Dallas opens against Vegas; at 7 p.m., in Toronto, the Canadiens meet the Penguins; and at 9:30 p.m. in Edmonton, the Blackhawks face the Oilers.

Coming right back on Tuesday, in Toronto, Florida meets the Islanders at 11 a.m.; and in Edmonton, Arizona faces Nashville at 1:30 p.m.; at 3 p.m., in Toronto, Columbus meets Toronto; and ate 5:45 p.m. in Edmonton, Calgary faces Edmonton; at 7 p.m. in Toronto, Carolina take on the Rangers; and at 9:45 p.m., the Wild face Vancouver in their Game 2.

That action continues, every day, and after the long layoff, the pace of games nearly every day will be nothing short of frantic. When action was interrupted by the virus shutdown, the Wild had a 35-27-7 record to stand sixth in the Central Division, while Vancouver was 36-27-6 to stand eighth in the Pacific.

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of a repeat title challenged by the news that the league will combine its two divisions into one this fall.

Volleyball and soccer are also backed up, and the coaches and athletes in all those sports are holding their breath hoping that the virus will slow down in time to prevent later reevaluation and possible closure of the whole season.

Other leagues have chosen to eliminate full seasons in some sports, and others are saying they will move football to the spring, which would make a weird year overlap into another year.

Zach Edwards, St. Scholastica’s dominant quarterback last season, has signed a contract to start his pro career in an American football league in Spain, which starts play in January.

High school and college hockey may have lucked out in the whole exchange, because their seasons start a little later, with more time to solve the pandemic.

But for Duluth East coach Mike Randolph, the season can’t start soon enough. It will be a challenging season, and Randolph said his Greyhounds don’t have a star scorer or a go-to player, which makes it all the more exciting.

“Everybody can score, and everybody will have to score,” said Randolph, currently finishing the allowed summer workouts high school coaches can have with their teams.

“We don’t know who will score, but we’ve got a good mix of experienced guys and a few 10th and 9th graders.

Nobody will be able to guess who will score, so fans will have to buy a ticket for every game.”

The Greyhounds took part in a big tournament at St. Louis Park last weekend. It didn’t go too well, except from the development standpoint.

“Our first game we played Gentry Academy,” said Randolph. “We didn’t know anything about them, but they’ve got a lot of really good players.

We played ‘em 1-1 at halftime, but in the second half they handled us and won 6-1. We can’t worry too much, though, because they went on to win the tournament.

“We played better in the second game, but lost 4-2 to Champlin Park.

In our third game, we played our best of the three and beat Eastview 4-1.

That shows how we improved game by game, and our JV, which played at Braemar, went all the way to the finals.

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high school kid to play catch with.

He threw, and threw, for about 30 minutes. Having not thrown for five decades, it was too much. He said when he got up the next morning, his arm was sore and hanging limp.

But he tried to carry out his duties, only to find that when he wound up and came overhand, he had nothing there, and the ball dribbled wide left.

The aftermath of Fauci’s courageous effort was that Trump was apparently jealous, and announced that he had been invited to throw out the first pitch at a Yankees game on Aug. 15. But the next day, the Yankees said they had never made such an offer. Squelched, Trump then had his staff announce that he was going to be busy that day, anyway.

One last note: Eddie Shore died at age 83. Eddie Shore was one of the late coach Glen Sonmor’s favorites.

He also was made famous in the movie Slap Shot, when the guys were trying to get fired up and yelled, “Old time hockey…Eddie Shore.”

We’re losing a lot of the classic oldtime characters, but the world keeps turning.

The late, great Eddie Shore was considered the Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb of hockey. a lot of players and pretty much threw the lines together and just rolled all our lines.

“We’ve got a good senior class, and they understand what we’re trying to do and play to their roles. And our young guys will get better every game.

We’ll have three or four guys battling it out to see who wins the starting goalie job, too.”

Randolph has had a lot of overpowering teams at East, and while last year was a departure, this coming season will be a work in progress. But Randolph, who loves the intricacies of putting a cohesive team together, knows it’s going to be an enjoyable year.

Another of Randolph’s grads has signed a pro contract. Phil Beaulieu, a powerful offensive defenseman for four years at East, went off to play junior hockey. He committed to Nebraska Omaha, but when time got close after he had played at Waterloo and Madison in the USHL, the Mavericks pulled his offer. Eventually, Beaulieu wound up at Northern Michigan, in the WCHA. The team played pretty well, and Beaulieu wound up as a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award.

“When he came to our varsity as a ninth grader, he had always been a forward,” Randolph recalled. “I told him I wanted to make him a defenseman, and he said he couldn’t

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skate backwards so he couldn’t do it. I told him I wanted him to rush the puck and be an offensive force, and I was really impressed at how much work he put in to improve his skating. And he ended up as a finalist for Hobey.”

something he was eager to do.

So he went to Horace Mann Elementary School, where he found a local

FIRST PITCH PROBLEM You may have seen Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the national Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and the star of President Donald Trump’s erratic guidance against the pandemic, get a chance to throw out the first pitch of the New York Yankees-Washington Nationals season opener.

I thought it was odd that Trump didn’t seize the chance to go out to the mound, but apparently he wasn’t asked.

Anyway, Fauci wound up and threw one of the worst ceremonial pitches ever – a wide-left bouncer that went to the backstop. Everyone forgave him because he’s a doctor, and he’s old!

But it turns out, Fauci was unapologetic afterward. He grew up in Brooklyn, playing shortstop for the St. Bernadette’s Grasshoppers kid ball team, and he was a huge fan of the Yankees, from the Joe DiMaggio era on up.

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Agate City Classic Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 1-2 Lakeview National Golf Course Annual men’s tournament in Two Harbors with The Northwood’s Band playing Saturday night.

Bev’s Fundraiser Saturday, Aug. 1, 12-5 p.m.

Izzy’s BBQ

The Most Wanted play the Boondocks Outdoor Summer Party Aug. 1.

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Virtual Duluth Arts Walk Friday, July 31, 5-8 p.m. facebook.com/ DowntownDuluthArtsWalk

Outdoor benefit for Bev Robinson, former owner of the revered music venue Bev’s Jook Joint. Live music starts at 1 p.m. with Crescent Moon, Virgil Caine and more. Silent auctions, raffles, number boards, catered food and personalized shirts to purchase.

Original video footage from Kirsten Aune Studio and the Nordic Center, new work from Tischer Photographic Gallery, colorful glass and wall art from Legacy Glassworks, shows from Duluth Art Institute galleries and more.

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Boondocks Bar & Grill Live variety dance music by The Most Wanted in beautiful Island Lake..

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Jason Dae West Wednesday, Aug. 5, 5-8 p.m.

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American troubadour who sings what he lives and lives what he sings,

Jason Dae West at the Cedar Lounge, Superior, 5-8 pm, Aug. 5.

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Bill Berguson Band & Sydney Hansen Thursday, Aug. 6, 7 p.m.

West Theater

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Drive-In Concert: Torn & Frayed, 7pm Hibbing Memorial Building, 400 E. 23rd St., HIbbing

Charlie Parr, 6pm Cedar Lounge, 1715 N. 3rd St., Superior 715-3947391

Gordon Thorne, 7pm North Shore Winery, 202 Ski Hill Rd., Lutsen 218387-2788

Friday Night Races, 6:30pm Head of the Lakes Fairgrounds, 4700 Tower Ave., Superior 715-394-7223

Chad & Matt, 7pm Powerhouse Bar, 423 Third Ave., Proctor 218-6240626

One Less Guest, 7pm Ursa Minor Brewing, 2415 West Superior St. Suite B, Duluth 218-481-7886

Turns & Tunes, 6-9pm Mont Du Lac Recreation, 3125 Mont Du Lac Dr., Superior 218-626-3797

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Russ Darwin & Friends, 7pm Bridge's Bar, 6891 S. Lake Ave., Lake Nebagamon 715-374-3111

Kaylee Matuszak, 6pm Good Thyme Restaurant, 77180 Hwy. 13, Washburn 715-373-5255

Mini Fisherman's Picnic, 11am-7pm Downtown Harbor Park, Wisconsin St., Grand Marais 218-370-1602

Music on the Beach, 7-9pm Lutsen Resort, 5700 W. Hwy. 61, Lutsen 800258-8736

Downtown Duluth Arts Walk, 5-8pm Multiple venues, Duluth 218-4618380

Greg Tiburzi, 7-9pm Ursa Minor Brewing, 2415 West Superior St.

Eric James, 6-8pm Chickadee Coffeehouse, 3691 Alan Syverson Drive,

Lincoln Park Farmers Market, 3-6pm Harrison Community Center, 3002 W 3rd St., Duluth 218-726-1665 Misisipi Mike Wolf & Friends, 5-8pm Cedar Lounge, 1715 N. 3rd St., Superior 715-394-7391

Crescent Moon, 7pm Belknap Lounge, 130 Belknap St., Superior 715-394-3616 Nick Foytik, 8pm Cedar Lounge, 1715 N. 3rd St., Superior 715-3947391 Big Wave Dave & The Ripples, 8pm

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Wild State Cider, 2515 W. Superior St., Duluth 218-606-1151 Movies in the Park(ing) Lot: Jumanji: The Next Level, 8:45pm The DECC, 350 Harbor Drive, Duluth 218-7278549 Black Dog Howlin, 9pm Powerhouse Bar, 423 Third Ave., Proctor 218-6240626

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Barker's Island Farmers Market, 9amnoon Barker's Island, Hwy2/53 and Marina Dr., Superior 715-372-8441

Agate City Classic, 7:30am Lakeview National Golf Course, 1349 Hwy. 61, Two Harbors 218-834-2664

Hibbing Farmers Market, 9am-1pm 1309 E. 40th St., Hibbing

Duluth Farmers Market, 8am-noon Duluth Farmer's Market, 14th Ave. E. & 3rd St., Duluth 218-241-1847 Ashland Area Farmers Market, 8amnoon 200 Block of Chapple Ave., Between Main St. & 3rd St. W., Ashland Bayfield Farmers Market, 8:30amnoon First Street & Rittenhouse Avenue, Bayfield 715-257-0064 Cloquet Farmers Market, 9am-noon Premier Theatres, 904 Hwy. 33 S.,

Two Harbors Farmers Market, 10am1pm 320 7th Ave., Two Harbors 218-310-7174 Mini Fisherman's Picnic, 11am-7pm Downtown Harbor Park, Wisconsin St., Grand Marais 218-370-1602 Bev"s Fundraiser, noon-5pm Izzy's BBQ Lounge, 1506 N. 3rd St., Superior SonofMel, 2pm Out of the Woods Winery, 10588 Main St., Hayward 715-699-1709

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Sunday 8.2 Agate City Classic, 7:30am Lakeview National Golf Course, 1349 Hwy. 61, Two Harbors 218-834-2664 Ingeborg Von Agassiz, 1-4pm Cedar Lounge, 1715 N. 3rd St., Superior 715-394-7391

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Open Skating, 3-4:45pm Duluth Heritage Sports Center, 120 South 30th Ave. W., Duluth 218-464-1711

Adam Moe, 3-6pm North Shore Winery, 202 Ski Hill Rd., Lutsen 218387-2788 Chad & Matt, 4pm Third Base Bar, 225 Chestnut Ave., Carlton Fair Race & WISSOTA Hornet Nationals, 4:30pm Proctor Speedway Races, 800 N. Boundary Ave., Proctor 218624-0606 Todd Eckart, 7pm Belknap Lounge, 130 Belknap St., Superior 715-3943616 One Less Guest, 7pm Rapids Brewing, 214 N Pokegama Ave., Grand Rapids 218-999-9712 Northwoods Band, 9pm Powerhouse Bar, 423 Third Ave., Proctor 218-6240626

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Movies in the Park(ing) Lot: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, 9:25pm The DECC, 350 Harbor Drive, Duluth 218.727.4344

Monday 8.3 Jim McGowan, 5-8pm Voyageur Brewing, 233 W. Hwy. 61, Grand Marais 218 387-3163

218-727-8549 Central Hillside Farmers Market, 25pm Damiano Center, 206 W. 4th St., Duluth 218-726-1665 Hibbing Farmers Market, 2-5pm 1309 E. 40th St., Hibbing Carlton County Farmers Market, 46pm Four Seasons Sports Complex

& Event Center, 90 Chestnut Ave., Carlton The Night Nurses (Brad Nelson & Alan Sparhawk), 5-6pm Cedar Lounge, 1715 N. 3rd St., Superior 715-394-7391 Ely Farmers Market, 5-7pm Whiteside Park, 58 S 7th Ave E, Ely

Borah Epic, 7:30am Cable & Hayward 608-452-4152 Duluth Farmers Market, 8am-noon Duluth Farmer's Market, 14th Ave. E. & 3rd St., Duluth 218-241-1847

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Boyd Blomberg, 3-6pm North Shore Winery, 202 Ski Hill Rd., Lutsen 218387-2788

Turns & Tunes, 6-9pm Mont Du Lac Recreation, 3125 Mont Du Lac Dr., Superior 218-626-3797

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Loon Day, 9am-4pm 5150N Highway 51, Mercer 715-476-2389

Virginia Square Market, 2:30-6pm S. 9th Ave. W. & Chestnut St., Virginia

Superior Downtown Farmers Market, 11am-2pm 1200 Block of Banks Avenue, Superior 715-394-3557

Lincoln Park Farmers Market, 3-6pm Harrison Community Center, 3002 W 3rd St., Duluth 218-726-1665

Duluth Farmers Market, 2-5pm Duluth Farmer's Market, 14th Ave. E. & 3rd St., Duluth 218-241-1847

Jayne the Jukebox, 4pm Minnesota Discovery Center, 1005 Discovery Dr., Chisholm 218-254-7959

Jason Dae West, 5pm Cedar Lounge, 1715 N. 3rd St., Superior 715-3947391

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Gordon Thorne, 7pm North Shore Winery, 202 Ski Hill Rd., Lutsen 218387-2788 Bill Berguson Band, 7pm West Theater, 319 N. Central Ave., Duluth 218-606-1211

Friday 8.7 Paavo Nurmi Marathon, raceroster. com, Hurley Feeding Leroy, 6pm Cedar Lounge, 1715 N. 3rd St., Superior 715-3947391 Friday Night Races, 6:30pm Head of the Lakes Fairgrounds, 4700 Tower Ave., Superior 715-394-7223 Russ Darwin & Friends, 7pm Bridge's Bar, 6891 S. Lake Ave., Lake Nebagamon 715-374-3111 Teague Alexy & One Less Guest Dinner Show, 7pm Wussow's Concert Cafe, 324 N. Central Ave., Duluth 218-624-5957 Teague Alexy, One Less Guest, 7pm Wussow's Concert Cafe, 324 N. Central Ave., Duluth 218-624-5957 Movies in the Park(ing) Lot: Harriet, 8:35pm The DECC, 350 Harbor Drive, Duluth 218.727.4344 Drive In Movie: Little Rascals, 9pm Chisholm Curling Club, 430 1st St. NW, Chisholm 218-254-7923

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St. Suite B, Duluth 218-481-7886 SonofMel, 2pm Out of the Woods Winery, 10588 Main St., Hayward 715-699-1709 4th Annual Life House Fundraiser, 58pm Cedar Lounge, 1715 N. 3rd St., Superior 715-394-7391 Sylvia, 5pm St. Croix Casino - Danbury, 30222 Wis. 35, Danbury 800238-8946 Kody Gerard, 6-9pm Moose Lake Brewing Co., 244 Lakeshore Drive, Moose Lake 218-485-4585 Music on the Beach, 7-9pm Lutsen Resort, 5700 W. Hwy. 61, Lutsen 800-258-8736 MidSummer Night of Mayhem, 710pm Proctor Speedway Races, 800 N. Boundary Ave., Proctor 218-6240606 Race Night, 7pm ABC Raceway, 2187 Butterworth Rd., Ashland 715-6824990 Drive In Movie: Rudy, 9pm Chisholm

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We are looking forward to bringing you the finest possible movie theatre experience. But first, let’s talk about safety. We are implementing some changes to help make your visit as safe and comfortable as possible. The West Theatre’s plan meets, and, in some cases, exceeds the Governor’s guidelines for safe reopening practices.

CLEANING • Our dedicated team has always had a great reputation for maintaining a very clean theatre, and now we are implementing even more rigorous cleaning practices. All customer contact surfaces will be disinfected before and after the start of each show, and regularly throughout the day. Hand sanitizer is available throughout the theatre.

MASK POLICY • Masks are required at The West Theatre, both in the lobby and in all lounges, aisles and restrooms, and the auditorium itself, except when you are eating or drinking in the auditorium. All employees will wear masks, and gloves when appropriate. If you forget to bring yours, we’ll set you up with a disposable mask.

TEMPERATURE CHECKS • Using contact-free infrared thermometers, we’re going to take the temperature of our staff and guests daily upon arrival. Anyone with a temperature exceeding 100.4 degrees will be asked to return at a later date.

• Daily before they begin work, team members will undergo a wellness check.

• Please stay home if you are feeling sick. If you are coughing, sneezing or suspect you may have been exposed, please don’t risk it. We’ll gladly refund your purchase.

SOCIAL DISTANCING • The West Theatre’s spacious auditorium is ideal for ensuring proper social distancing. We are closing every other row of seats, and when you choose your seats on thewesttheatre.com, at least two “buffer seats” on either side of your party will be automatically blocked off from purchase. Your group should be able to sit together, and we are limiting total capacity to about 25%. We strongly recommend advance reservations to ensure admittance.

• To minimize crowded walkways and restrooms, we ask that guests remain seated after the movie ends and exit row by row. (If you’d like to stay to watch the credits, feel free).

LAST BUT NOT LEAST • Credit cards are the preferred form of payment.

• Our menu at reopening may be limited, with a focus on items we love, served in a way which minimizes exposure.

• It’s an unusual time, and we expect release schedules to continually shift.

• Want a private screening for just your family, friends or colleagues? We can make it happen – and it’s more affordable than you think. Get in touch with us and reserve your event now.

Please check our website for the most up-to-date information.

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Goodbye to original Fleetwood Mac member Can’t help about the shape I’m in I can’t sing, I ain’t pretty and my legs are thin But don’t ask me what I think of you I might not give the answer that you want me to Oh well “Oh Well!” – Peter Green It broke my heart upon learning of the death last weekend of guitarist and Fleetwood Mac founding member Peter Green, and then calling up his music through a streaming service, only to have the California version of the band with American interlopers Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham staring out at me, as if they are the definitive Fleetwood Mac. Well, they may be for some people – perhaps the majority of the world – but give me the original allmale version of the band, followed by the post-Green ” versions with Christine McVie and Bob Welch.

That’s what’s so disturbing about seeing the final version of Fleetwood Mac representing the entire history of the band, without a trace of Green or fellow guitarists Jeremy Spencer and Danny Kirwan. Two of the original members are still there, of course, bassist John McVie and drummer Mick Fleetwood, the two for whom the band is named.

But that name would have meant nothing had Peter Green not been a founding member of the band. In fact, the band was first known as Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac. That’s because it all began with Green’s emotive guitar, which first gained fame when he replaced Eric Clapton as a member of John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, and where he played alongside future bandmates McVie and Fleetwood.

He brought scarifying guitar sense and melancholy vocals (is there a more melancholy song than his absolutely rocking “Oh Well” from the Then Play On album, his last outing with the group).

My vinyl collection is in storage until I find a permanent home here in the Twin Ports, so I couldn’t get at my

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Peter Green playing his Gibson Les Paul with Fleetwood Mac in Hamburg in March 1970, two months before he quit the band. Photo by W.W. Thaler. early Fleetwood Mac and solo Peter Green records. That’s why I turned to streaming to pay tribute with my ears when I learned he had died on July 25 at the age of 73. An old pal of mine called to tell me. He knew I would want to know.

In my collection I have a Peter Green-era Mac album called English Rose, with a picture of the gigantic drummer in drag making a face on the cover. I was a teenager when I bought that record in Duluth many moons ago. It’s the record that made me a Fleetwood Mac and Peter Green fan.

It was not an actual album release by the band, but was a compilation for the U.S. market, which Fleetwood Mac had not quite cracked. It mostly included songs from the band’s second UK release, Mr. Wonderful. While most of the record is in the blues-rock vein, there are two standout pieces featuring all the best of what Fleetwood Mac was, and that is Green’s haunting guitar and the incredible titular rhythm section. The two pieces I mean are Green’s “Black Magic Woman,” which became a hit signature tune for Santana, and, the B side on the “Black Magic Woman“ single, the gorgeous “Albatross.”

But there’s also the horn-drenched

“Stop Messin’ Round” with Green’s guitar blazing through. Jeremy Spencer’s raucous “Evenin’ Boogie” with lots of crying sllde geetar. Three Danny Kirwan songs are featured, including “One Sunny Day,” which reappears on the final Green release with the band, Then Play On. When I moved to England in 1974, I was pleasantly surprised to find “Albatross” on almost every jukebox I saw in pubs in those days (along with Elvis and, inexplicably, Jim Reeves).

A couple years later, “Albatross” was being replaced in those jukeboxes by the hits of the California-ized Fleetwood Mac. There were rumors that Green had gone the way of Pink Floyd founder Syd Barrett and did too many psychedelics for his mind to withstand. When the new California Fleetwood Mac began breaking sales records around the world and became an unstoppable force for a moment, an intrepid BBC reporter tracked Peter Green down, who at the time was living in a modest country cottage with his father and working as a sexton (gravedigger) in the village cemetery.

He seemed sadly out of touch with reality, especially when the reporter mentioned the current global success of his old band, and would he like to be asked to come and play with them.

Peter held out his hands, showing grossly long fingernails curling over the tops of each of his digits.

“I can’t play guitar anymore,” he said. “My fingernails are too long.”

But, he eventually climbed out of whatever pit of despair he had been in for much of his time after leaving the band. He made a solo record shortly after leaving the band in 1970, called The End of the Game (which All Music Guide gives a one-star rating and says this in its short review: “The directionless jamming on The End of the Game, the first solo release by Peter Green, is just what you’d expect from someone as psychologically messed up as he was when he cut it. He still plays wicked guitar, and sounds much like Jimi Hendrix in spots, but without Hendrix’s vision. In fact, there’s no coherent vision at all on this record.

None of the musicians could have enjoyed themselves in spite of the opportunity to play with Green. It’s drivel, from an immensely talented guitarist. Sad.” And then there was nothing until 1979 when Green released a record called In the Skies, which I’ve had

on vinyl for decades. He reportedly had some lead guitar assistance from Snowy White, because Green was not convinced he was ready for what would amount to a break from almost a decade of obscurity.

I love this record, and again, I’ve always felt it was imbued with melancholy. Is that the British version of soul?

The guitar, as always, is deeply expressive. He makes the strings sing.

Other famous guitarists have noted the depth of the profound expression of human emotion he squeezes out of those strings. For example, check out the instrumental “Slabo Day.” It makes you want to do something special in honor of Slabo Day! And that reminds me – that first icy guitar note that chimes as the introduction to “Black Magic Woman” still sends chills through my spine. I heard the Santana version of the song first, and loved it. It was a beautiful thing Carlos Santana did in paying tribute to Peter Green by covering that song so much like the original. But it has always meant so much more for me to hear Green singing his own lyrics and making that guitar speak.

There were more records and in the 1990s he began touring again with a band named the Splinter Group. He also became obsessed with Robert Johnson and released several collections covering Johnson.

I never saw the original Fleetwood Mac, or the several great versions that followed on records such as Kiln House, Future Games, Bare Trees, Penguin, Mystery to Me and even Heroes Are Hard to Find. And that’s about as far as I went with Fleetwood Mac. When they achieved superstardom with the California version, they didn’t need me.

Well, I’ll be digging into the back catalogue with relish and hearing everything in a new way now that Peter Green is gone. If you don’t know him and/or the original Fleetwood Mac, I would highly recommend you check them out. Guaranteed, you’ll never want to hear Rumors again.

And, really, Amazon Prime Music (Unlimited): When you’re listening to Fleetwood Mac – Before the Beginning – 1968-1970 Rare Live & Demo Sessions – you should not have Lindsey, Stevie, John, Christie and Mick staring out at you from the screen. When the original Fleetwood Mac is playing blistering blues, I want to see Peter and the fellas – Mick, John, Danny and Jeremy.

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DWF, 49, brown hair, hazel eyes, ISO quality honest, loyal, financially stable WDSM for fun, summer events, concerts, fishing, camping, snuggling in the winter, watching movies, love motorcycle rides, great sense of humor, tattooed & pierces, may lead to LTR. (58490:4/11) Biker who enjoys life DWF, 52, ISO WM, someone who knows how to treat a lady. Love the outdoors.

Honesty & loyalty a must.

(58486:4/11) Looking for you WWF, 76, walking converstation, fishing, dancing, facebbok account. 5’6” brown hair & eyes. (58471:08/17) Warm & Spiritual Individualist, NS/ND 58 country soul, artist, fisher, nature hiker, gardner, baker, active, trim, in good health, seeking skilled male counterpart for companionship, eventual marriage. (58469:08/16) SMART & SASSY SFP, 31, 5’5”, 140 lbs, brunette. Loves nature, sunshine, coffee, gardening, cooking & target shooting. Seeks potential LTR between ages 32-40. Must have integrity (58433:06/11) Spoil me and I will spoil you!

Attractive blonde SWF - 71, 5’8” wanting travel. laughter, love & more. I love to fish both deep sea & lake. Looking for intelligent, kind loving man. (58432:05/31) Companionship LTR Uses walker 68 yrs young.

Chubby & busty. Enjoys christian activities NS ND Books, travel, movies, cards & games, dining out, RV camping. Kind & honest w/sense of humor (58430:05/31) Country Girl Looking 5’7” medium build 66 yr young country gal NS ND loves to travel & be appreciated (58429:05/31) Home on the Range SWF, 5’4”. Looking good!

Seeks tall handsome SWM in 60s, educated, kind, honest with sense of humor. Likes animals, Lakeside, sauna, camp fires. Must be loving.

(58426: 11/9)

Personals Seeks Christian Man DWF, NS/ND, 59. Enjoys bicycling, walks, music, dining out dancing, snowshoeing, camping. ISO christian man w/similar interests. (58419: 11/9) Hot with Cabin Fever Seeking happy, healthy, 60ish gentleman in Central Lakes/ Cotton area for some lake time.

Northern, WI ok too! I’m fun, fit, easy on the eyes. Let’s toast the sunset. (58412:8/31) Try a Senior Moment Active, adverturous, affable, nice, nurtuting, nimble. Petite, positive, playful. Smart, shapely, spunky. ISO fit young (67-77) codger for smiles and converstion, serendipity, exploring.

(58403:6/8) Compantionship WWF, 70, looking for companion to enjoy life with. Love football, picnics, and dining out.

Must be honest. (58398:5/4) Looking for Soul Mate SWF ISO friend who likes camping, coffee, outdoors, travel, estate sales, and hanging out.

Send photo. (58394:3/30) Looking for my Sweetheart DWF, 58, 5’5”, 160lbs, NS/ND, likes to cuddle, hold hands, camping, traveling, cooking, walks. ISO Christian guy 55-70 for friendship and possible LTR. (58374:12/15) Searching for Comanionship DWF, NS, retired veteran female. 63, honest, considerate, loves to laugh, visit and talk.

(58373:12/15) Let’s Seek God’s Will Together

NS, 51, tall, exotic, attractive, Christian F. Fun, nature lover, educated, epicurean with diverse interests, healthy living.

ISO Christain male 45-58 years young with similar interests.

(58370:10/13) Searching for Mate 72yr old F ISO LTR with a passoinate, sincere, kind gentleman in near age group. NS/ ND. (58354:6/23) From the Range WWF, 62, NS, likes the outdoors, walks, animal lover, garage sales, dining out, movies. ISO honest, caring man to enjoy lfe with. Will answer all.

(58352:6/23) Female Activist Seeks Companionship Seeking like minded Liberal gentleman for friendship and fun. (58340:4/14)

Looking 4 Romance SWF looking for a Jewish man.

Brown hair/eyes, 5’8”, 170 lbs. Want a pal-lover-romance.

(58304:10/8)

Looking for Older Gentleman 77yr, DWF, blond, 5’5”, 140lbs.

ISO older gentleman. I love reading, animals, movies, quiet times, fun. Let’s talk.

(58342:4/14)

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SWW, 5’11”, 185lbs, 61yrs. Is there a lonely guy out there with a colostomy pouch? I have one too. Let’s meet.

(58343:4/14) Soulmate Wanted Men 55-72 yrs old. 180-210 lbs. Kids okay. Write me.

(58336:3/24) Lake Superior Country Girl Pretty, 5’3”, mid-50s, healthy, fit, well read, ISO companion to dance with, garden, dine out, hike, explore life, earth,

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Seeking Companion How old is too old? WW. ND/ NS. Educated, traveled, experienced, bilingual. Don’t get any wild ideas now. Talking is a start. (58319:1/14) Wants the Farm Life DWF, 51, 5’6”, auburn hair, blue eyes. Not afraid of hard work. ISO NS man 45-60 who loves family, nature, animals, fishing, farming, warm fires and romance. I would like to spend the rest of my days with the same. I have other interests too, could I be the one for you?

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Tall slim bearded sculptor in Superior Desires LTR with affectionate diversified tall busty lady with some extra poundage and at least shoulder length soft cuddy hair. I’m a mellow NS, 60?, open to age and race.

(58553:7/23) Vermilion Lake area DWM, 60, 6’1, 200, NS, seeks SF for travel, quiet nights around fire, must enjoy fresh fish dinners off grill. Let’s communicate. (58551:7/16) Time for a companion DWM, 70, 5’8”, 170 lbs., brown hair, blue eyes, looking for a lady to settle down with.

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(58548:5/21) Exploring SWM, 5’10”, brown, blue, enjoy RV camping, boating, ATVing, travel, staying home. Seeking LTR with any race. Piercings, tattoos a plus.

(58547:5/14) Living romance novel!

Let me lead the way into our very own love story! SWM, tall, attractive, passionate, mysterious, James Bondish! Respond, I want to meet. (58545:4/23) Looking for love WM, 58, seeking mature BBW for dating. I have many interests. Camping, travel, concerts.

(58544: 4/23) Lonely Again I’m 6’ brown retired from the rock scene, but still roll.

(58539:03/25) Won’t be sorry Am looking for partner 63 on disability, heart surgery. Ok now 5’10” 185lbs DWM ISO L&R Hope to find home to gether, Avarage looks (58538:02/24) Seeking a mature woman SWM, tall, dark, handsome, romantic, in search of a mature woman who enjoys living life with a fun down-to-earth man with many interests!

(58537:01/23) Romantic looking for lady SWM, NS, 71 5’9” 160, trim, fit, seeks fun-loving girl 50’s or 60’s Duluth, NW WIsc. casual hiking, dinners, old movies, good music. Possible LTR, photos! (58536:01/10)

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Young 70 Looking for Female 55 & up Retired, divorced Iron Ranger in Bemidji would like lady who enjoys life and wants to enjoy with partner who treats lady as lady should be, respectfully.

You may be her! (58531:12/12) Desiring an honest, intelligent significant other I’m likable, are you? I’m slim, attractive, humorous, middleaged, ISO possible LTR. I enjoy walking, movies, cooking, cuddling and music. I’m financially secure. Let’s bask in utopia.

(55829:11/21) Mesabi Bike Trail DWM, 60s, 5’8”, 165 lbs., seeks Christian healthy in-shape gal 50s-60s. Love for outdoor music, biking, camping, lakes, sunsets. Humor a must. I’m honest, secure, please be the same. (58528:10/31) Looking for fun & partner DWM 69, 5’10”, 215 lbs., NS, light drinker, muscular, well built, looking for fun honest woman. Like to cuddle amd love. Like camping, swimming, traveling, movies, TV, staying home or pen pal and romantic.

(58526:10/24) Best friend and partner DWM, 60, 190 lbs., 5’10”, looking for LTR with woman that loves camping, hiking, canoeing, fishing, road trips and just quiet nights home.

(58524:10/24) Hopeless romantic in Two Harbors 61, on pension, fairly attractive, spiritual, love gardening, cooking, watching movies and cuddling. If this appeals to you please respond. (58523:10/24)

Not the age, it’s the mileage WM, 61, 6’, 250 lbs., NS, light drinker. Not handsome but handy, easy going, honest, homebody. Very affectionate, likes to cuddle, slow dance. Enjoys shore fishing, light gardening, easy walks. movies, music, cooking and more. ISO cuddly, warmhearted woman 55-65 for LTR. (58518:9/5) Respect joy & fun for you Tell me your story. I’m attractive, healthy, athletic, Amtrak retiree, 6’, slim, financially stable, liberal, NS. Enjoy hiking, swimming, cooking, movies, writing personal letters, conversation. ISO F LTR, any race or age. I like reciprocally gentle foreplay. Seesaw with me as friends. (58516:8/8) Tired of being alone WW, WM, 61, blonde, blue eyes, 5’11”, honest, caring, hard-working. Retiring in November. Will answer all/ (58513:8/1) Lonesome old guy There has to be some lonesome lady in the Virginia area that would like to go for coffee & conversation, maybe play some cribbage. (58510:7/16) Seeking Honesty SWM 57 looking for SWF, fit, educated,love to travel.

Camping, adventures. Picture a plus but not required. Must be romantic. (58508:7/16) Attractive Discriminating Ninety Intellectual Stimulating NS 5”9” 170lb seeks slim-trim female biologically 65ish independent fox to persue happiness. Wine/

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(58507:7/4)

I am a reminiscent sentimental romantic Professional writer, community education teacher, 6’1”, thin, NS, middle-aged, enjoys hiking, classical music, reading, humor, loves holding hands, cuddling, open-minded, conversationalist, adaptable to your desires.

(58506:7/4) Partnership Have a nice country home, some pets, camping, fishing and learning. ISO a lady to share and communicate with. Will exchange photos.

(58505:7/4)

Want to love again WM, 62, 5/3, 140, ND/NS, faithful, honest, passionate, seek LTR. Love camping, fishing, hiking, cuddling, holding hands, bonfires. Seeking younger to same age. Want to share love, life and hardships.

So much to give. (58504:6/20) New to Grand Rapids DWM age 78, NS, looking for NS woman 60-80 who likes road trips outdoors, fishing, dining out & financially stable.

(58502:6/13) Oral herpes for oral herpes 40s male looking for lady who has oral herpes. I do, too.

46-59. Slim or average build.

Picture, please. I’m tall, ave. build. (58501:6/13) Loving, honest, passionate DWM, 74, 180, 5-8, looking for honest woman. Like gardening, dancing, outdoors. Active, LTR, looking to adventure, try fishing and other sports, anything new. (58493:4/25) Togetherness DWM, NS, 74, 180 lbs., 5’8”, likes cooking, gardening, woodwork, dancing, Hallmark Channel. Looking for LTR, life partner. Learn from each other.

(58488:4/11)

Let’s meet so we can horse around. Honest, sincere & marriage minded. (58481: 4/6) Looking for a wonderful best friend Single man 60 yrs, seeks lady that loves life, movies, fishing, sports, cards, board games, cooking & grilling together that wants a true, best friend.

(58480, 4/6) Still looking in North Central WI SWM 63 NS/ND 5’8” 160lb.

Still believe life is meant to be shared. Enjoy the outdoors,good conversation, self sufficiency & people w/the same values. No games, just the simple life values. (58479, 4/6)

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Women

Biverse Bear ISO friend, mid-40s Looking for hunt, fish & discreet Biverse friend 18-50 verse discreet friends with benis satisfaction.

(58437: 9/30)

Looking for love I’m 64 years old. Love movies and music. Candlelight dinners, walks on the Lakewalk.

Looking for LTR. (58496:5/9)

Senior fun time 70, 67”, NS, Bi, fun time, tall, up close-personal, enjoyment.

(58436: 8/7)

seeking women

ISO Life Partner SWF ISO ages 50-62. Enjoys camping, hiking, kayaking, music & more. Honesty important. No drugs (58394: 4/13)

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(58527:10/24) Seeking Trans Woman SM seeking sub. TW for live-in FWB/LTR. No DU! Reply w/ photo and phone. Women welcome too! (58495:5/9) Male transforming to female 58 Y.O.G.W.M. 5’8” 165lbs, tone, cute-cross dress nicely,

have started medical gender reasignment process. Seeks younger in-shape Gay-Bi cross dresser. (58441:3/11) Lady Boy where are you?

Older male ISO a deep friendship, someone to appreciate your mind & your body. Someone appreciative of the arts.

Height & weight proportionate. (58439:11/9)

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Relating to guys Retired mid-70s professional gentleman to provide ful body attention Turkish style.

(58550:6/25) Pantie Play Looking for another 60 year old that enjoys wearing panties and stockings. Interested?

58546:4/23) The smaller the better MWM 60-plus looking for a male friend. casual gettogethers. (58529:12/5) Fishing friend with benefits MWM, 64, looking for a guy with similar intent. Love to fish, a little play time when the bite is slow. (58521:10/10) Wake me up, stud Northern Wis. Looking for playmates, top or bottom, for right stud, nice package.

(58503:6/13)

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41 seeking 50-60 Seeking lady age 50-60 for dating that leads to LTR. I’m in Superior. 6’2”, 225 lbs., Caucasian, dark brown hair, brown eyes. (58485:4/11)

Looking for a connection SWM 70, working artist w/ strong interest in books & music. Physical fitness important. Someone simpatico with those values. Carpe diem. Send phone or email (58439: 11/8)

Tall Horse Lover DWM 65 6’2” 180lbs ISO country woman. Where are you?

Show me the way WGM 36, fully blind & new to scene. ISO M friend to have

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Cryptoquote Answer What we call failure is not the falling down but the staying down. — Mary Pickford

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Gallery’s solo exhibit now a virtual experience James Woodfill’s newest work, CODE PRACTICE: Certain Objects and Certain Systems, is ready to be experienced, explored, and manipulated.

Visit art.josephneasegallery.com/ woodfill/ to get started.

CODE PRACTICE refers generally to the body of sculptural and video works created over the last year

by James Woodfill, and was set to be the subject of a solo exhibition at Joseph Nease Gallery starting in the summer of 2020.

The novel coronavirus instigated our shift to a virtual web-based platform for an exhibition, and a change of focus to the most recent stop frame animations and sound work: CERTAIN OBJECTS AND CERTAIN SYSTEMS. These individual sketches and explorations, constructed in the spring and early summer, form a kit of parts that are presented here in a portfolio of distinct yet fluid compositions. We encourage

you to explore and compose and play.

We will have some of Woodfill’s objects at the gallery in the coming weeks as well.

As a reminder, the Joseph Nease Gallery is open by appointment only. Hours are Thursday through Saturday, 12 to 4 pm. Appointments can be made by calling the gallery or by emailing Gallery Manager Amanda Hunter at manager@ josephneasegallery.com. All visitors are to wear masks, and we will be routinely disinfecting common surfaces within the gallery space.

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DSSO’s Heaven & Earth concert can be streamed

Heaven & Earth is now available to stream online at DSSO at Home for the next 45 days. DSSO at Home is completely free, just create an account and bring the DSSO into your home.

Listen at dsso.com/athome.

The DSSO’s Heaven & Earth concert took place on May 7, 2016, with Respighi’s Church Windows and Orff’s Carmina Burana.

Heaven and Earth meet in this combination of 20th century masterworks: Respighi was inspired by four different church windows, and the stories they tell, when writing his colorful work Vetrate di Chiesa. Then experience one of the most beloved choral pieces of all time: Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana, describing the serenity of heaven, the earthly delights and suffering of men, as well as the futility of fate.

A Kid’s Play About Racism free to stream

In collaboration with 41 regional and children’s theaters across the United States, the Duluth Playhouse is excited and honored to share a groundbreaking online performance for children and families across our community, A Kid’s Play About Racism.

This all-new work explains what racism is, how to know it when you see and experience it, and ideas for what

you can do about it.

This brand-new theatrical piece will be available for streaming all day on both August 1 and 2. And, it can be viewed for free on Broadway On Demand (broadwayondemand.unreel. me).

Even with the word “kid’s” in the title, this is a piece we all can learn and benefit from.

Adapted from the book by Jelani Memory and directed by awardwinning director and Theatre for Young Audiences (TYA) artist Khalia Davis, A Kid’s Play About Racism will be brought to life by an entirely Black and BIPOC cast and creative team from across the United States.

The Playhouse team is thrilled for this opportunity to bring this world premiere, online theatrical experience to our community and to support the hard work of our colleagues.

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It can happen here Is Sinclair Lewis’ 1935 novel of political oppression a playbook for Trump?

Imagine living in the Great Depression. Overseas, fascism reigns – in the Soviet Union, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain – with bad guys with bad intentions in power and flexing their muscles.

“Will Fascism come to America?” was the subject JIM of many lectures, LUNDSTROM newspaper editorials and magazine stories during the 1930s. And because we are the land of the free and the home of the brave, we had a response to the growth of fascism around us – It can’t happen here.

In 1935, the writer who is arguably the most famous literary product out of Minnesota, Sinclair Lewis, wrote a book and called It Can’t Happen Here.

Released in October 1935, It Can’t Happen Here quickly became a national bestseller.

And just how divided America was on the question of fascism in 1935, when “populists“ such as Kingfisher Huey Long (who was killed in September 1935) and Father Coughlin held many in their sway, is best displayed by a quote from newspaper magnate and model for Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane, William Randolph Hearst, who said, “Whenever you hear a prominent American called a “Fascist,’ you can usually make up your mind that the man is simply a LOYAL CITIZEN WHO STANDS FOR AMERICANISM.” Hmmmm? Sound familiar?

The action in Sinclair’s novel follows the rise to power of the portentously named Berzelius Windrip, who once he is elected president institutes a fascist regime of suppression and terror, and whips up the masses to follow the mandates of the American Corporate State.

During his campaign, Senator Windrip issues Fifteen Points of Victory for the Forgotten Men, which should have raised a huge flag to thinking voters. The campaign planks included

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government ownership of all banks; complete religious freedom except for the “atheist, agnostic, believer in Black Magic, or any Jew who shall refuse to swear allegiance to the New Testament, or any person of faith who refuses to take the Pledge to the Flag”; and the quick return of all employed women to their duty-bound roles as homemakers.

And so on go the Neanderthal declarations in the lengthy 15-plan platform.

Lewis seems to revel in digging his elbows into the character of Senator and then President Windrip, as in this passage, “He was in stature but a small man, yet remember that so were Napoleon, Lord Beaverbrook, Stephen A. Douglas, Frederick the Great, and Dr. Goebbels, who is privily known throughout Germany as ‘Wotan’s Mickey Mouse’.” (Wotan apparently was the Aryan version of Odin.)

Our hero is an old-world newspaper man named Doremus Jessup whose wrath for the corrupt government is not raised early enough, perhaps because he and so many others believe it can’t happen here.

He is introduced to us as “a competent business man and writer of editorials not without wit and good New England earthiness” yet “was considered the prime eccentric of Fort

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Beulah.” He’s the only guy in town with a beard, which some folks see as “highbrow” and “different,” and even that coded swear word “artistic.”

As our hero studies the Windrip candidacy, he’s bewildered by his power over audiences because clearly he is “vulgar, almost illiterate, a public liar easily detected, and in his ‘ideas’ almost idiotic...”

Or, “He would whirl his arms, bang tables, glare from mad eyes, vomit Biblical wrath from a gaping mouth; but he would also coo like a nursing mother, beseech like an aching lover, and in between tricks would coldly and almost contemptuously jab his crowds with figures and facts – figures and facts that were inescapable even when, as often happened, they were entirely incorrect.”

Eventually Windrip and his minions must send in troops to subdue, intimidate and imprison dissenters, causing Jessup to declare, “Preachers and modernist educators and discontented newspapermen and farm agitators – maybe they’ll worry at first, but they’ll get caught up in the web of propaganda, like we all were in the Great War, and they’ll all be convinced that, even if our Buzzy maybe has got a few faults, he’s on the side of the plain people, and against all the tight old political machines, and they’ll rouse the country for him as the Great Liberator (and meanwhile Big Business will just wink and sit tight!).”

Yes, doesn’t it all sound too familiar, even though it is an 85-year-old novel? Was Lewis a prophet? Or has Trump used It Can’t Happen Here as his playbook?

Instead of the collective modes of reform that become the main strategy of the Windrip Administration, or any administration that believes in a final solution to solve societal ills, Jessup declares, “There is no Solution! There never will be a state of society anything like perfect.”

If this helps to put into perspective where Lewis’ mind was at when he wrote this book, shortly after it was published, he wrote a review of Thoreau’s Walden for Newsweek magazine that began with one sentence: “Once upon a time in America there

was a scholar who conducted a oneman revolution and won it.”

Like Thoreau, Lewis’ hero Jessup goes to jail – or a concentration camp, really – for his principles when he publishes an editorial condemning the corrupt Windrip Administration.

And like Tom Joad of Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, Jessup goes off into the ether to be there when needed by the oppressed, leaving this message: “Blessed be they who are not Patriots and Idealists. And who do not feel they must dash right in and Do Something About It, something so immediately important that all doubters must be liquidated, tortured, slaughtered! Good old murder, that since the slaying of Abel by Cain has always been the new device by which all oligarchies and dictators have, for all future ages to come, removed opposition.”

So, yes, it can happen here. In fact, it has happened here.

How pandemics may change global society Pandemic Aftermath: How the Coronavirus Changes Global Society Trond Undheim Atmosphere Press Pandemic Aftermath: How the Coronavirus Changes Global Society is possibly the first book to contrast the history of different global pandemics, the evolution of the coronavirus, how “superspreader” viruses move between human populations, and likely worldwide social and political transformations that can be anticipated because of it. Its appearance may precede a host of others with similar approaches, but the focus on how societies handle disaster and change because of it is one likely not to receive such an astute investigation in competing approaches.

Many books currently on the market tackle one piece of this puzzle, but

Pandemic Aftermath connects the dots with a pursuit of visions of the world after coronavirus changes it. It is essential reading for anyone concerned about what that world will look like in the pandemic’s aftermath. Chapters offer different scenarios surrounding these possibilities using a refreshing approach that takes into consideration changing outcomes that depend on human choice, attitude and efforts.

This is an especially notable course because it advocates no one clear path to renewal, but reviews a series of options on the table at this point in time as well as the future.

Readers might anticipate negative, depressing possibilities no matter which course of action is undertaken or how the virus mutates and progresses, but another notable feature of Pandemic Aftermath lies in

its takeaways, exercises and positive perspectives about these choices.

These approaches negate the view that any discussion of this pandemic’s aftermath must include negative assessments of revised habits, conditions or life.

Trond Arne Undheim is a futurist with a vision. Pandemic Aftermath offers a refreshing yet practical breath of

fresh air in a sea of dystopian gloom and doom about the post-coronavirus future. It will prove an attitude-changer for those who wish a more encouraging view of life than daily reports provide.

Pandemic Aftermath is a very highly recommended perspective we all need at this exact point in human history.

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Paramount updates Ghost with 4K remastered version Ghost Paramount Presents Blu-ray $29.99

Sam Wheat (Patrick Swayze) appears to have it made: he’s got a good job at a bank working with his best friend Carl Bruner (Tony Goldwyn), he’s moving into a new apartment with his wonderful girlfriend Molly Jensen (Demi Moore), and their relationship might be turning into something long-term.

Yet, there’s a feeling in the pit of his stomach that good things can’t last, an instinct that turns out to be right on the

money when a man who appears to be a mugger shoots and kills Sam when he and Molly are returning from a performance of Hamlet.

A tunnel of light appears in the sky as Sam watches Molly cradling his bloody body, but instead of moving onto the other side, Sam sticks around.

Desperate for closure and desperate to ease Molly’s heartbreak, Sam discovers Oda Mae Brown (Whoopi Goldberg), a socalled spiritual medium who normally scams her customers but actually hears his voice. With Oda Mae’s reluctant assistance, Sam tracks down the mugger, a man named Willie

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Oda Mae Brown (Whoopi Goldberg gets a good look from Sam Wheat (Patrick Swayze) in Ghost.

Lopez (Rick Aviles), and inadvertently uncovers a corporate conspiracy that puts Mollie in danger.

On paper, Ghost is a pretty wild gamble. The film is, more or less, a romance/sci-fi/comedy/thriller/ mystery/drama – not a combination one sees regularly.

Although the film essentially shies away from any specific religious talk, it is genuinely and unabashedly spiritual, with a “good” afterlife signified by the tunnel of light, and a “bad” afterlife in which howling shadows rise up and pull spirits into the ground.

The movie tests the audience’s suspension of disbelief at its most sincere moments, and that sincerity is, in and of itself, a high-wire act, frequently scored to the intensely sentimental chords of “Unchained Melody.”

On top of all that, the movie is (as both men now laugh about) in the hands of Jerry Zucker, whose previous work consisted of spoof movies such as Airplane! and Top Secret!, which he directed with his brother David Zucker, and their mutual collaborator Jim Abrahams.

Yet, 30 years later, the movie works, thanks to a number of pieces falling perfectly in place.

At the heart of Ghost’s success is the casting, which is outstanding across the board.

Swayze is the film’s first big win. He was coming off of the success of Road House, a movie that prompted Zucker to say “over my dead body” when it came to letting Swayze play Sam Wheat. Yet Road House is, in a weird way, a great example of why Swayze works for Ghost. Both films provide a great example of Swayze’s ability to subvert expectations, to go for a

different tone or attitude than most actors would’ve been inclined to. The sincerity of Ghost’s romance and the intensity of the mystery both seem to call for a traditional, straightforward masculinity, yet Swayze allows Sam to be goofy and nervous, struggling with his own anxieties.

During the film’s infamous pottery scene, before both he and Moore turn up the sexiness, Sam accidentally knocks over her first attempt at making a pot and giggles about it. There’s a relaxed quality about him that makes him a great fit for the film’s funny and serious sides.

Of course, as much as Swayze contributes, no performer in the film is better at blending the movie’s tones than Goldberg, who was rewarded for her efforts with the Best Supporting Actor Oscar. She deserves it, too: from the moment she comes on screen, there’s no question that Oda Mae Brown represents Goldberg in her comic prime.

Swayze may be the ghost, but it’s Goldberg who practically glows the whole movie with an other-worldly charisma, elevating the mood with her wit even as the film gets into dark and unpleasant territory. She has excellent comic chemistry with Swayze, especially in a sequence late in the movie where he accompanies her into his old bank, and she handles the film’s dramatic passages with equal skill.

There is one scene, near the film’s climax, that requires such a leap of faith from the audience, and it’s a testament to Goldberg, Swayze and Moore that the moment works, even with Zucker’s necessary sleight of hand to obscure the reality of the scene.

Bruce Joel Rubin also won an Academy Award for his screenplay, and it also deserves such accolades. The way he and Zucker weave in bits of humor (such as a bizarre, angry ghost played by Vincent Schiavelli who lives on the subway) around the film’s relatively predictable but nonetheless engaging mystery is very impressive, and despite all of the plot points and characters that Ghost needs to juggle to arrive at its conclusion, the film never feels overstuffed or bloated (accomplishing one of these two tricks is a feat; accomplishing them both simultaneously is even more unlikely).

Meanwhile, Zucker holds up his end of the bargain by deftly managing to keep the movie funny without ever turning the premise into a joke or a parody – the characters create the humor, not the situation itself. There are definitely moments that fall on the corny side of sentimental, but just like the characters in Ghost, there is a point at which viewers will just have to surrender to everything the film has to offer, and 30 years later, doing so remains a rewarding experience.

Parmaount has struck a balance between the familiar and the new with their art for Ghost, which follows the template of a blue, ghostly light and an

image of Swayze and Moore embracing, but uses an entirely different picture than the original poster art, and flips the colors around so the backdrop is white and the figures are blue.

All of the Blu-ray releases in the Paramount Presents line have been given brand-new 4K remasters, and Ghost’s brand new 1.78:1 1080p AVC transfer thankfully continues their improving track record following the

debacle surrounding To Catch a Thief.

Ghost offers a beautiful grain field, very impressive depth and dimension, and a thoroughly rejuvenated color palette that really invigorates the picture with new life.

There is one new extra: Filmmaker Focus: Director Jerry Zucker on Ghost (6:24) sits down with the director to chat about his memories of making the movie briefly, including first being hired to direct the script, Whoopi’s crucial contribution, the pottery scene, digital effects, and the legacy of the film.

Paramount has also included several carry-over extras from the original Special Collector’s Edition DVD, including an audio commentary by Zucker and writer Bruce Joel Rubin, the short documentary Ghost Stories: The Making of a Classic (13:06; a nice overview, if a little short), the featurette Alchemy of a Love Scene (6:16; a fun separate look at the film’s infamous pottery scene), and the film’s original theatrical trailer.

However, while this is much closer to complete than Paramount got with their recent Blu-ray of Pretty in Pink (reviewed in the July 16, 2020 Reader), the studio has still inex-

plicably dropped two extras from the aforementioned DVD, namely Cinema’s Great Love Stories (19:45) and Inside the Paranormal (8:53).

Now, to be fair, these are the two least-Ghost-centric extras on the original disc: the former is a clip show about an AFI list of great love stories, and the latter interviews people who do what Oda Mae Brown does in real life, but that’s still about 30 minutes of content, exchanged for less than seven that cover things already covered on the disc.

Given Zucker recorded a commentary and participated in the previous documentary, a much better new extra (assuming she was willing) would’ve been a 2019/2020 interview with Demi Moore, who only appears in the DVDera extras through vintage interview clips.

Ghost looks and sounds great on Paramount’s new Blu-ray, and while they haven’t retained all the extras, it’s fair to say they saved the most important ones. Fans of the film shouldn’t hesitate to upgrade their previous Blu-rays for the new 4K-remastered transfer. Highly recommended.

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Western Classics I Blu-ray, $49.95

Western Classics I bundles three 1940s titles, all grade-A productions, polished yet only a bit above average: When the Daltons Rode (1940), made

by Universal, and two Paramount Westerns in Technicolor, The Virginian (1946) and Whispering Smith (1948).

The 1940s was, perhaps, the most prolific decade of Western movie production, yet artistically the genre was fairly stagnant. B-Westerns had become increasingly juvenile, while A-Westerns remained stubbornly generic, colorful but unambitious for the most part.

There were exceptions, of course: William A. Wellman’s The Ox-Bow Incident (1942), Howard Hawks’s Red River (1948), John Ford’s Fort Apache (1948), 3 Godfathers, and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (both 1949).

However, the overwhelming number of A-level Hollywood Westerns from the decade were more like the three presented here. Great production values, fine casts, but pretty ordinary.

Clearly influenced by the successes of both Jesse James (1939), the Tyrone Power/Henry Fonda classic that spurred a subgenre of “sympathetic outlaw” films; and Destry Rides Again (1939), director George Marshall’s semi-comical Western with James Stewart and Marlene Dietrich, When the Daltons Rode has Marshall and screenwriter Harold Shumate awkwardly fusing these incompatible

styles. Production Code restrictions would also seem to account for the picture’s weird structure, with topbilled Randolph Scott and Kay Francis playing characters peripheral to the Dalton saga. They exist seemingly to provide the film with a semi-happy scene before the final fade-out.

The thin plot has attorney Tod Jackson (Scott), while passing through Kansas, stopping to visit the Daltons, old friends from his childhood days.

The Daltons: Grat (Brian Donlevy), Bob (Broderick Crawford), Ben (Stuart Erwin), and Emmett (Frank Albertson) are honest, hard-working farmers doting on their Ma (Mary Gordon) When a crooked land development company tries to steal their farmland, Ben accidentally kills a surveyor, and during the sham trial the Daltons, left with no other choice, flee and turn to a life of crime, with Ozark Jones (Andy Devine), a hot-blooded Lothario (!) joining them rather than submit to a shotgun wedding.

Meanwhile Tod, sitting on the sidelines after legal solutions collapse, falls in love with Julie King (Francis, anachronistically decked out in contemporary make-up, hair, and even ‘40s-style shoulder pads), Bob’s fiancée. Tod’s loyalty to Bob, naturally, stands in the way of True Love.

(Spoilers) Production Code restrictions strangle a potentially good story.

The movie was based on the same-named book, cowritten by Emmett Dalton, who died in 1937. Yet, in the movie, he’s gunned down along with the other Daltons because at the time all criminal acts had to be punished; merely having him arrested apparently not enough.

Randolph Scott dominates the firsthalf of the film, but is largely absent later when the narrative shifts to the Daltons and their activities.

Compounding the oddness of When the Daltons Rode is its awkward insertions of comedy relief, (more spoilers), most notably giving Andy Devine’s broadly comic outlaw plenty of screentime to clown (e.g., Ozark trying to eat a lemon pie while running from the law) only to have loveable Andy ignominiously gunned down.

Director Marshall, who’d earlier directed Laurel & Hardy at the Roach Studios, fills the pictures with bit players known for their work in that sort of comedy: Stanley Blystone,

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Walter Long, James C. Morton, etc.

Where When the Daltons Rode delivers is in its many, big-scale shoot-outs and impressive stunt work, including something I don’t recall seeing in any other Western: the gang, on horseback, jumping from a moving train.

The Virginian was the fourth film of Owen Wister’s 1902 novel, debatably the first serious work of western fiction.

Cecil B. DeMille adapted it first, as a 1914 silent film, and 1946 audiences doubtlessly remembered the 1929 early talkie, which starred Gary Cooper.

This remake opens in 1885 Vermont, where pretty Molly Wood (Barbara Britton) leaves home to become a schoolteacher in rural Wyoming Territory. Beautiful young women being a rarity in them thar parts, her adopted town immediately becomes enamored of her, especially cowboys Steve Andrews (Sonny Tufts) and “the Virginian” (Joel McCrea). Gregarious rogue Steve seems to have the upper hand over the Virginian, a crack cowboy but all thumbs around women, but we know where this is leading.

Most of the town suspects gambler Trampas (Brian Donlevy) of rustling cattle, thinning nearby ranches and rebranding them for a quick sell-off, but the local judge is reluctant to charge him for lack of evidence, while the local sheriff is on Trampas’s payroll.

Steve falls in with Trampas, while the Virginian is tasked with leading a posse to catch the rustlers, whomever they turn out to be.

Though passable as entertainment, there’s not much here beyond the pleasure of watching the four leads go through their passes, and one very sequence I’ll come to shortly.

After his death, Sonny Tufts became something of a joke, the poster child of the Hollywood “star” of dubious ability and fame. Partly this was self-inflicted, with Tufts, an abusive alcoholic in his later years, making bad career choices culminating with the movie he’s now chiefly remembered for, playing the lead (though not the hero) in Cat-Women of the Moon (1953), a notorious stinker. Yet, in The Virginian, he’s actually quite good, appealing in a breezy, Jack Carson sort of way, the friend of the hero who, like Tufts himself, makes some disastrous life choices.

(Spoilers) When one of three captured rustlers turn out to be Steve, the Virginian can only stand by as his posse make plans to “string ‘em up,” a quasi-lynching. Having recently

re-watched The Ox-Bow Incident, its story likewise built around a lynching, the two scenes make for interesting comparison. The long lead up to the lynching in Ox-Bow is almost unbearably tense, even seen today, but the hanging of three similar characters in The Virginian is unexpectedly powerful also.

Whispering Smith is yet another bestfriends-on-opposite-sides-of-the-law Western, this time pitting Alan Ladd against Robert Preston.

As with The Virginian, Whispering Smith is pretty ordinary as a Western, though watchable thanks to the lavish production values, attractive Technicolor lensing, and the cast.

Ladd’s low-key performance makes a nice contrast to Preston’s largerthan-life one, who’s big-hearted and very likeable some of the time, but controlling and borderline abusive.

He’s used to pilfering undamaged goods from wrecks for himself, petty crimes that gradually escalate, and his umbrage at suggestions that what he’s doing is morally objectionable and selfdestructive are realistically played.

The picture’s main asset, however, is raven-haired Brenda Marshall, indescribably beautiful in Technicolor.

Married to William Holden at the time, Marshall’s career included major roles in films like The Sea Hawk, Captains of the Clouds, and The Constant Nymph but, despite her popularity her film work tapered off sharply after 1943, just four years in the business, and after Whispering Smith she made just one more feature, The Iroquois Trail (1950) before retiring.

The other performance of note, indeed a startling one, is Frank Faylen’s albino gunfighter. Though today best remembered as Ernie the friendly cab driver in It’s a Wonderful Life and later as Dwayne Hickman’s grocer father on TV’s The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Faylen had a long and peculiarly spotty career, appearing in both small credited roles and uncredited bit parts well into the mid-1940s, but his role here, visually similar to blues singer Johnny Winter, is like a spaghetti Western villain in an ordinary ‘40s Technicolor one.

None of the three films is much better than “OK” but the transfers look great and the supplements are another incentive. Geared, really, for hardcore Western fans than general audiences, Western Classics I is, for them, Recommended.

‘Kidding’ is true must-see TV Kidding: Season One Paramount, $29.98

Kidding is one of the most unique and intriguing new television series to hit airwaves in the past few years.

Though audiences have become accustomed to being in a “golden age” of television there are still shows which find ways to not only push the envelope creatively but which also genuinely surprise and delight with their originality, complexity, and idiosyncratic delights.

The series is produced by star Jim Carrey along with creator Dave Holstein (Weeds), Raffi Adlan, Michael Aguilar, Roberto Benabib, and director Michel Gondry.

Jeff (Jim Carrey) is a world renowned and beloved television host for a children’s series (which strikes comparison to the like of Mr. Rogers Neighborhood and Pee Wee’s Playhouse).

His on-air persona is that of Mr. Pickles, a warm, kind and generous spirit who radiates meaningful characteristics through his show as it beams into the homes of millions.

Jeff himself isn’t too far removed from the kindheartedness of Mr. Pickles. Everyone who knows him sees the kindness which inspires the beloved Mr. Pickles character.

The children’s series is produced

by Jeff’s father, Seb (Frank Langella).

Unlike his son (whose involvement in the series stems from a desire to help others), Seb is simply a businessman whose interest is to profiteer on the production and its franchise development (as the series is translated into other countries with different “hosts” around the world bringing a spin to Mr. Pickles and he looks into the possibility of replacing his son with an animated version of the Mr. Pickles character so he can fully control every aspect of the series).

Deirdre (Catherine Keener) also works on the production and tries to counter-balance some of the madcap producer-ideas from Seb. While the series itself presents Mr. Pickles as an almost-perfect and idyllic being, Jeff isn’t having such a peachykeen time in real life. His young son Will Pickles (Cole Allen) is addicted to drugs and Jeff is trying to help his son overcome his use of drugs.

Jeff is also lonely and looking for

a relationship with someone. His relationship ended with ex-wife, Jill (Judy Greer).

Though Jeff and Jill are on speaking terms it’s clear that things are rocky for the entire family. Jeff is dealing with a personal mid-life crisis of sorts while trying to sort out the meaning of his life in relation to family, to friends, and to the world of viewers experiencing his show.

In my mind, Kidding is a perfect remedy to the increase in television series which star unlikable and overbearingly dark protagonists in their overbearingly dark worlds. Not every television series needs pitch-black vibes, folks.

This series has the touch of being a smart, complex series which has dark characters and serious themes but you can become more easily involved in the storytelling.

This isn’t a House of Cards-type series where nearly every character might feel unbearably unlikable.

Though Kidding revolves around serious dramatic themes such as divorce, drug addiction and finding meaning in one’s self (as well as finding balance in family and work) it’s also a series where you become engaged with the character’s and their respective journeys.

You root for these characters.

Kidding was created by Dave Holstein. This is a well-developed show with great writing, characters, and themes at each turn. It’s easy to get engaged with each episode as the show quickly pulls you in with it’s storytelling craft.

The series feels like it has an overarching aim and direction, developing piece-by-piece. The characters are on a journey that feels well laid-out by the staff of writers.

The series is directed by Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), Jake Schreier (Robert and Frank), and Minkie Spiro (Call the Midwife).

Gondry is the primary director who oversees the creative development.

Jim Carrey and Michel Gondry created magic together when they made the cinematic gem Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

They have perfect collaborative synchronicity once more with Kidding.

From a production standpoint,

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Kidding excels.

The music by David Wingo (Take Shelter, Midnight Special) is unique and charming. The score feels whimsical and part melancholic while effectively matching the tempo and mood of the story.

Cinematography by Shawn Kim and Shasta Spahn is engaging and beautiful throughout.

The costumes by Rahel Afiley (Flight of the Conchords, The Muppets) are stylized for the characters and the quirky nature of the story. The production design by Maxwell Orgell matches the outlandish originality of Gondry with aplomb.

Kidding is that rare television series that grips you from the very first episode.

More often than not, television can sometimes take some time to truly win you over completely. The first episode is not always the best indication on whether a series will ultimately work for you. (Even some of my all time favorites like Buffy the Vampire Slayer didn’t completely win-me-over from the first episode).

Yet with Kidding, that initial episode is a good indication of what’s in store from this charming and quirky television series.

I’m not kiddin’ (pun is intended, folks) about Kidding being something truly special.

Kidding arrives on DVD with an MPEG-2 encode in the original

television broadcast aspect ration of 1.78:1 widescreen. The DVDs are presented in anamorphic widescreen for widescreen televisions.

Unfortunately, that’s the most positive thing about the presentation: no black bars on all sides.

This presentation is predictably mediocre with high compression levels.

It’s mediocre by DVD standards (feeling as if little thought or care went into the presentation). The presentation quality has little to add, with poor definition, frequent pixelation and bad color reproduction.

This entire presentation feels like one which was just tossed on disc without any regard to trying to eek out the best of the DVD format.

The audio is presented on DVD with 5.1 surround sound. This is a averagequality sound mix which occasionally has interesting sound design decisions but mostly is front-heavy and dialogue-driven. Nothing impressive regarding dynamics or fidelity but it’s a serviceable presentation.

The DVD includes a handful of fluff EPK behind-the-scenes promotional videos (which were previously released as promotional videos online).

The most interesting extra on the release is a making-of breakdown of the filming of one particularly challenging sequences in which an entire apartment is given a time-lapse makeover that required production crew to rapidly run around the set, making major set alterations, without breaking the sequence’s single-take photography.

This sequence clearly demonstrates the brilliance of director Michel Gondry (who has become a master of these photographic efforts with music videos from the likes of The White Stripes to The Chemical Brothers).

Kidding is great appointment-level television. Jim Carrey is incredible in the series and delivers one of his best performances to date. The show is engaging from start to finish and leaves one practically begging for more.

Season 2 can’t come soon enough.

The series is also beautifully directed by Michel Gondry, and feels so creative, original and complex with each episode. This is easily one of my new favorite television outings. Must-see television.

Highly Recommended.

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218-269-5455 Wanted: Junk Cars & Trucks. Junk cars and trucks for scrap. Partial proceeds benefit Douglas County Humane Society. Thanks. 218348-6942.

Misc-Auto\Traillers Collector 1968 GM 3-speed column shift transmission #GM-17 part #3925647 and bell housing.

218-525-1477 Enclosed aluminum trailer, 6’x3’x41/2’, spare wheel, second tongue, $750 cash. 715-774-3279.

22-foot motor home. Clean & ready to go! Sleeps 6. A/C, TV antenna, microwave. 48,000 miles. $6,750.

218-749-3993 Wanted: older 1/2-ton, 2-wheel drive, full-size pickup in good running, rust-free condition. 218-9299161.

Wanted: 5-hole 13 inch trailer wheels with or w/o tires 218-2634676 1929 Inline Six Double D motor & transmission $1,000 or BO 218410-5011 New Kumhp Solus KR21 Tire & rim P225/70/R16 $75 BO New Dayton tire P215/65/R16 $40 BO 218-3435114 2009 Montana 5th wheel, 4 slides, located in Cloquet, Spafford Park,

Bart trade ers, unders, and private $100 ads are FREE!!

many extras, $22,900 obo. 701 509 7757 Brand new Kumho-Solus Tire and wheel, 225-70-16 (KR21) $50/BO New Dayton tire 215-65-16 $25.

218-464-2824 4 Weather Master, Snowgroove, ST2-195/55 R15 Tires $100.

4-205/70/R15 $100. 218-7245358 Diamond Plate Aluminum Pickup Tool Box, 14” Deep, 60” Long, 20” Wide with 5” Overhang, Single Cover. In Great Shape. $100 (218)743-3933 Brand new Kumho Solus KR21 tire & wheel. 225-70-16. $85 OBO New Dayton tire only. 215-65-16 $50 OBO 218-606-2011 4 truck roof bar light. Chrome, new. $10. 218-848-2007 \New engine stand. $50. 218-8482007 Trailer hitch fits Jeep Grand Cherokee, Reese Model 51010, like new $75 obo 715-794-2089 ARE Chev white topper. 6’ wide.

Slider windows & screens Brake.

Like new. 218-525-1477 4 Hankook Ventus V12 ev0.

245/45 ZR 19 Extra load tires with less than 7,000 mi. $200 218-4093913 4-275-65-18R (F150) Goodyear Wranglers 8-9/32 Tread $100.

218-341-0396 Lawn tractor wheel weights. 30lbs each. Fits 8 or 10” rims. $60 obo.

218-729-5273 2002 Chrysler TOC passenger outside door handle. $30. 218591-7712 L&R front fender script emplems and chrome fender scoop ornaments for 69’ Firebird. $50 firm.

Cash only. 715-718-0092 F-150 fiberglass topper, blue $100. 715-591-8217 Music Jusek Violin. Made by a master in Prague 1926, #107 valued at $4,000. Will trade for cash and a good violin or BO Call Jim 218491-4201 Conn Organ - Free if you have children, otherwise $20. Also, consol TV, free 218-624-4900 35 String Irish Harp made by Duluth Harp maker David Kortier.

Excellent cond. with case. $1800.

218-428-0563 Two 15” JBL speakers w/tripods, Peavey XR-600 P.A. Head. For

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band or solo. $500. firm 320-6308004 4-piece PDP drum set with cymbal stand and double bass pedal. Excellent condition! $300. Call Terry at 218-206-7571 Fender KXR-60 Keyboard amp50amp 12”speaker $135. 218235-1475 Ibanez Micro Bass. Great for beginners. Black New $195 OBO 218-235-1475 Fender Jazz Bass, black, humbuckers. Like New $400 OBO 218-235-1475 Two Lawrence green box flashers.

Mac 1 Eagle graph--Lawrence. $75. 218-984-2669 Jay Turser Sanatoga Electric Guitar w/all the bells & whistles. Gotta see to appreciate w/hardshell case $100. 218-393-1375 Hammond organ J-122 model w/ bench. Great condition. $100 or best offer. 218-244-1629 SWR studio 220 bass head and 2 AMPEG 4x10 cabs $600. 5905664 Old Tunes for new Harpists. Spiral bound books 3 hymns; 3 Christmas/holiday, and 2 folk tunes/ classics) with 15 original arrangements, suitable for all harps. $20 612/308-1792.

Rocktron Amp. 120wt 2x12. On board reverb, distortion, chorus, tuner. Loud and gig worthy. $175.

218-269-7042 Wanted Two- or four-wheel folding grocery cart, less than $15. Call evenings, 218-940-9005.

Small cast iron wood or pellet stove. 218-834-3709 lv messg Honda Trail 70, Z50, XL70, SL70, XR75 motorcycles. 218-428-3474 Cheap-used recesed ceiling fan.

218-310-1781 or 218-276-4985 Cheap used/refurbished room, window or portable air conditioner in good shape. 218-310-1781 Wanted - snowblower with electric start, 8 HP more or less. Reasonable - Leave or Text message to 715-610-1710.

2 into 1 stock muffler from early ‘80s Harley FX 218-341-2841 Sets of Dresser scarves. 218-9409005 evenings Reasonably priced 20’ Pontoon boat w/ 4-stroke engine and power lift. 928-234-3325

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Seeking private woodlands to sustainably harvest balsam boughs in Sept & Oct. Cash paid. Senior couple. 218-428-5220 Super 8 Viewer. 715-919-1028 Plastic model cars and car kits, parts & pieces. 1/24 & 25th scale.

218-393-1375 Your old resonator or Dobro guitars/parts. Desired by man of limited resources for a project. 715817-1813 Wanted to buy. Forging tools.

218-590-6507 Computer/Elec Ham Radios-Best Offer. Text only for info & pics. 218-750-7981 Old “Air Master” radio. Text only for info & pics. 218-750-7981 Dell Inspiron desktop 100 dollars.218-341-2607 White Baby Monitors $10. or BO 218-310-1781 or 218-276-4985 Bluetooth Music Light up bulb. $25. or BO Mini electric cigarette roller. Blue&Black comes with pushstick & brush $30. or BO218310-1781 PS2 Console w/3 controllers. Slim PS2 $40. or BO Will trade for other electronics. 218-310-1781 or 218276-4985 RCA digital converter box wth remote, gently used-still in box. $35 or BO-will trade for other electronics. 218-310-1781 or 218-2764985 Appliances Free 1956 Singer sewing machine in wooden cabinet. 920-727-3550.

Two window air conditioners. $75 each or best offer. Small chest freezer, $25. Kenmore dishwasher, $50. wood-burning stove, $100.

Upright piano, free. 218-370-0711.

ATTENTION LANDLORDS: Frigidare washer, Maytag dryer, XLarge Kenmore Refridgerator w/ ice maker, Maytag Dishwasher.

Downsizing. Excellent running cond. Some scratches from moving. $1,000. for all. 218-241-1842 Cube-style dorm fridge in good cond. $40. 218-638-2399 Jen-aire Glass Top Stove. Works great. Best offer 218-724-5358 Wood space heater $50. 218-7214481 Stove for home, cabin or garage.

Burns wood or coal. $95. 715-3998569 White Kenmore microwave. $10.

218-206-1278 Two 250 gal fuel oil tanks. Paint red for gasoline. $50/ea. 218-8482007 Furniture Blue office chair. Good condition. $10. Gold floor lamp with shade.

Good condition. $15. Shelving unit and 14 ceramic bears. $25 Call 218-525-7702

Full size box spring and mattress, very good shape. $30 cash only takes both. 218-834-3709 48” round oak pedestal table, small oak library table, ornate oak buffet, multi-drawer draftsman cabinet. Make offer 218-830-1255 Miscellaneous Reel-type mower - $25; Deer stand - $25. 7l5-774-3279

Two 20-volt batteries and charger for Black & Decker string trimmer. i-year-old, like new, $20. 715-9192862, Troybilt horse tiller, 8 hp, one owner, excellent shape, new battery. $1,500. Duluth. rdtnews@ gmail.com.

New Temporary Shed 6’x6’x6’ in box $89. 7l5-774-3279

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Real Estate Wanted_ Managing editor of The Reader is seeking a home or apartment to rent. 920-421-3441.

Wanted: Furnished bedroom, apartment, or cabin in Duluth area for senior couple for for month of August.

JANEorTOM@gmail.com Disabled P/T employed male in need of stable housing, room or basement with available kitchen. Far East End. Please call James 218-461-0703.

Will provide all inside/outside upkeep, maintenance, etc. for your property/home. Swap for free but private living quarters on site. Multi-skilled 70 yr old man.

Excl. Character. 218-213-43-69 MINNESOTA HUNTING LAND Wanted. Earn thousands on your land by leasing the hunting rights.

Free evaluation & info packet. Liability coverage included. The experts at Base Camp Leasing have been bringing landowners & hunters together since 1999. Email: info@basecampleasing.com Call: 866/309-1507 BaseCampLeasing.com I buy homes, multi-units and land. Cash $. 218-5562542 webuytwinports.com_ Real Estate Hunting Land 40 acres Ajoins 2000 A County Land.

NW Douglas County. Buildable, heavily wooded.

Wood value $26k - Taxes $670. Price reduced to $60,000 218-428-5844 WILDERNESS HUNTING CABIN with storage shed 1000 ft. off forest management road on leased land in St. Louis County Brimson area.

Call 218-391-4131 or 218-879-6585 For Sale: 2.35 acre lot w/100’ shoreline on Lake LaVerne, WI. Motivated to sell: $27,000 Call Lori 612803-6607 for details.

For Sale: 1978 2 bedroom, 2 bath mobile home in Sunnyside Estates, Cloquet. Needs repairs. $1,500. or B.O. 218-481-5881 Responsible non profit animal rescue looking for pet friendly rental housing, fenced yard, spactious. Rent to own pref. ASAP. 218-576-8534 50 acres hunting land. 2 enclosed deer stands, building site, power & phone access. Westerlund Loop, Solon Springs, Wisc. 920-344-8016 Mobile home $18,500 Vintage Acres/Gary 2br//1ba includes appliances. Quiet. Lg yard/garden area.

218-464-5524 2-Bedroom Cabin on Siskwit Lake, 500’ frontage, Cornicopia, Wisconsin 847-710-2967 Rentals__ Room for rent in Superior. Large unit, shared kitchen, private bath. $700. Text or call Sara, 763-760-5937.

Large 2 bedroom apartment in West Duluth. Available Sept. 1st Call 218-940-6237 Condo in Aspenwood 3 bed - 1.5 bath, garage,fully firnished. All utilities inc. Available October 1st. 6-8 month lease. $1,595. 218-390-7291 Newer 2 story side by side duplex in Superior w/att. 2 stall garage. 2bdr w/full & half ba gas heat & water. $1025/ mo + util. & dep. No pets. Avail. May 1 Call 715-394-2028

Seeking Rental - Whole house or private entrance w/o shared ventilation. Chemically sensitive tenants - Can Afford $800-1000 per month depending on utilities. Asthma triggered by poor indoor air quality. Call or text (218) 260-5091

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Wilderness Hunting Cabin 16’ x 24’ cabin with steel-sided shed on county-leased land in Ault, Minnesota, 1000’ off forest management road.

$40,000 Call 218-491-0972 or 218-355-1668

Iconic Northwoods Restaurant for Lease The Chocolate Moose is available for lease to a qualified operator for the 2020 season and beyond. Ely’s most popular restaurant since 1985 needs new energy and creativity. Sixmonth lease with very liberal terms to get started. Operationally ready to move in. Profitable for more than 30 years.

Call Piragis Northwood Co., 218-365-6745 or steve@piragis.com

Don’t miss out on this location!

14th Avenue West & 3rd Street Wood setting near Enger Tower in the middle of Duluth. 2 bedroom apartment, everything included 950.00 a month Newer secure building, views of bay, OSP, laundry, non-smoking, no pets. 100 yards from hiking and biking trails. Students and young professionals welcome. Call Dan. 218-348-8008

$48,000 Wooded Lot with Creek & Well 6632 Hwy 61, Little Marais

Ready to build on level site. Year round access. Well, electricity, and identified septic 1-3/4 acres includes: 25’ travel trailer, 18’ X 18’ Shed, mature trees, winding creek

Contact: Mike 651-406-8221

Build your Vacation Home or Cabin Very nice, remote 10 acres. Fully surveyed, driveway in, building site fully ready. Walk down to lake and fish for Walley, Northern and perch.

Ducks, Geese, Deer, Moose and Bear roam the property. Build your dream home, or hunting cabin. Located in central Lake County. Forrest service road accress, not plowed in winter. 18 miles from Finland, MN. $35,000

Call 218-353-7403 leave message

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Job Opportunites Graphic Artist needed. Adobe Creative Suite, pagination skills a plus. Send resume to: info@readerduluth.com Needed Immediately Some one ASAP to work with elderly, nice lady to do some errands, shopping, Doctors appts. etc. No housework. Must be kind and honest. Have to have car, insurance. Must like pets and be kind to animals. Good pay. Variable hours. 3419027 LvMessg.

Business Opportunity. Photo/picture framing equipment, Fletcher 2100 & 3000 mat/glass cutters, Vacu-Seal programmable press. Extra supplies incl. $7,500. value selling for $2,500. Can purchase items separately. 218-830-1255 Living Well workshop series is for people with conditions such as chronic pain, diabetes, arthritis or mental health conditions. We are looking for volunteers and professionals to become class leaders to motivate and inspire. Leaders co-lead a 6-week workshop with another certified instructor in a community setting of their choice. Must lead one workshop per year. yourjuniper.org.

Wanted: In search of Talent Manager & mentor to help me reach my potential. I am a comedian & speaker with electric personality. I have potential to impact the world but I need a believer to believe in me. I want to make the dream attainable.Write me: Benjamin Jorgenson, 2 East 2nd st. Duluth, MN 55802 Adults 18 or older and generally healthy wanted for research on the physiological and subjective stress responses of individuals who use marijuana regularly.

Compensation provided. U of MN Medical School Du-

luth Research Study, 218-726-8623.

President’s Liquor has full & part-time employment openings for stock clerk, cashier, maintenance & office assistant. Apply in-person at the Liquor store.

3824 E. 2nd St. Superior, WI. Ask for Jim

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Reader Locations Below find locations we are going to try to keep stocked with The Reader. This list will be updated at DuluthReader.com

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All Super Ones Cub Foods Mount Royal Fine Foods Mount Royal Bottle Shop Mount Royal Library Whole Foods Co-op Cashwise Liquor Lake Aire Bottle Shoppe Holiday - 27th Ave W. Holiday- 40th Ave W. Holiday - London Road Holiday – Rice Lake Road Minit Mart - 19th Ave. W. & Superior St. CHUM drop-in center Marshall Hardware Reader box - Dewitt Seitz Reader box - Main Post Office Reader box - Downtown Sammy’s – West Duluth University Liquor Vintage Italian Pizza Woodland Market Place Wussow’s – West Duluth

Superior

All Super Ones Belknap Liquor Hammond Liquor Keyport Liquor Holiday - 21st & Tower Holiday - Belknap Holiday - E. Second St. Vintage Italian Pizza Superior Meats

Proctor, Cloquet & I-35 South

Kendall’s - Knife River Holiday - Beaver Bay Answers on page Bri’ Essa’s - Silver Bay 55 Co-op - Finland Holiday - Tofte Lockport - Lutsen Holiday - Grand Marais

Iron Range

All Super Ones Harvest Co-op – Virginia IGA – Eveleth Northwoods - Ely Zup’s - Babbit Zup’s - Ely Zup’s - Tower Y Store - Hwy 100 Holiday - Gilbert Short Stop –Eveleth Short Stop - Buhl Clark – Virginia 169 Freedom – Chisholm Bloomberg’s – Babbit Lucky Seven -_Biwabik Iron Junction - C-store

Northwest Wisc Super One Super H Ashland Co-op Ashland Star Liquor Our Family Grocery O’Brien - Iron River Andy’s - Bayfield IGA – Minong Victory - Minong Mobil – Trego ICO – Gordon

Super One Chris’s Food- Sandstone Marketplace Foods - Moose Lake Holiday - Cloquet Holiday - Proctor Minit Mart - Proctor Casey’s - Sandstone

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Employment Have lots of nest stuff 4 sale.

Have Amazon acct. Need someone w/internet sales ability. For info 218-348-2903 “Ever wonder what the world looks like at 5 am? Always dreamed of having afternoons off? Amazing Grace is looking for a full time breakfast line cook.

The right candidate will be: Reliable and skilled in the arts of time management; Ready to become an indispensable piece of our ever-growing team; Able to work fast-paced professional kitchen; Excited about working in a fromscratch kitchen in a family owned restaurant; Stop by & pickup an application, we look forward to meeting you.”

ARE YOUR KIDS IN SCHOOL? V.I.P. is in need of a few good kitchen workers. Day hours available. If you are interested call your nearest V.I.P. or stop in. NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY DRIVERS WANTED Looking for self-motivated people that would like part time work transporting people to appointments in your area. Great benefits. Please leave message 612/978-2115 Paperboy looking for help with marketing on internet. 218-348-

2903 Housekeepers Wanted Must be available mornings and weekends. Apply in person at the front desk/ Allyndale Motel, 510 North 66 Ave. West and Cody St.

Looking for an amazing career and a great place to work? Aerostich is hiring!

View our video and all available positions at www.SewAero.com.

Arrowhead House Foster Care has part time employment opportunities working with adults with mental illness. Day/evening & awake overnight positions available. Competitive wages, paid training, paid time off and employee bonuses! Call 218-727-8040, or apply online at ahprograms. com Work Wanted Sharpening Service 29 years exp. Circle saws, planer knives, Zamboni knives, tec. John 218879-6143 Experienced pet sitter would love to watch them in your home & house sit. References. Call 218380-3340 Trudy. $0. one dog, $5 each additional

Licensed Nurse-Duluth/Superior area. Good driving record. Will assist clients: DRs appts, meds, shopping, lunch, some light housekeeping duties. Avail. 2-3 hrs on weekdays. Reasonable rates Call Lynn 218-348-7393 Experienced personal care assistant/home health aide looking for jobs. 29 yr old female with reliable vehicle and valid insurance. can run errands, clean, do small projects, drive u places, assist u with things inside and outside of the house, shovel, as well as assist with activities of daily living.

218-481-3388

Employment Educated hair stylist willing to come to your home and do your hair. Very fair rates. Wendy 715-919-0979 Senior will do phone fundraising/surveys. PT, afternoons, downtown Duluth. 218-940-9005 Reliable man to care for elderly in home. Run errands, work in your home. Very diversified, ex-contractor. Call for details 218-409-4725 Feet on the Go! Yes! I will come into your home to give you a pedicure. 218-208-7950 Handyman. $13/hr - Call Ryan @ 218-428-1626 Musicians..

Anyone looking for a drumset or Bass player? I play both.

612-396-8307 GUITAR LESSONS from Austin, Tx professional new to the Twin Ports! (Also Bass & Vocal) go to new levels! Call 512565-5000 Guitar lessons available. 16 years experience. All styles, reasonable rates. Contact Aaron at 218-760-1599.

Professional violin/fiddle lessons. Credentials: Performance degree U of M Twin Cities, toured nationally as American/ Celtic/Nordic/Rock fiddler. Duluth. References. 218-2353235 Eli Bissonett Free Piano Lessons for Beginners in your home. If you have the desire to learn the basics this is a good start. I will not give lessons to under 18 without others present. Jay 218213-4687

Superior, WI 715-501-4046 Lost/Found Lost - Black I-Phone on Dec. 16. Within 4 blocks of East High School in the snow. $50 reward Text/Call 218-2136213

Meetings NARVRE Unit 92 - Protecting Railroad Retirement - we meet the 2nd Thursday of each month at the West Duluth American Legion at 1 PM Scandinavian Crime Writers Book Club meeting in Duluth Call Kirk 612-558-1318

HELP WANTED Keyport Lounge

is currently hiring wait staff to greet customers, wait tables, serve food and beverages.

Please apply in person with Connie at Keyport Lounge 1900 Belknap, Superior.

Alernative Therapies Mind Body Spirit Harmonization with Tachyon Energy. One only a few Tachyon Chambers in U.S.

HELP WANTED Cashiers and produce clerks Apply in person or call

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Wendy Osefo stars in The Real Housewives of Potomac, airing at 8 pm Sundays on Bravo.

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Friday, 7-31 My Horror Story TRAV 7 a.m.

In this marathon kick-off episode, a woman is determined to protect her family from a malevolent spirit that is stalking them, and a man explains how horrific visions of dead people have haunted him ever since he was a child.

Movie: There’s Something About Mary Freeform 1 a.m.

When a high school geek meets his dream girl and she asks him to the prom, he thinks his losing streak is over. Unfortunately,

Mark Duplass in his HBO anthology series Room 104, airing Fridays at 10

when he is incapacitated the night of prom and she moves to Florida, he thinks he will never see her again. Ben Stiller stars.

The Greatest #Athome Videos CBS 7 p.m.

Cedric the Entertainer hosts this brand new show which sets out to celebrate the creativity and humor humanity has managed to find and film during quarantine. These clips and videos were all created and shared during the past months of lockdown.

Martha Knows Best HGTV 9 p.m.

The legendary Martha Stewart presents a brand new series, with these back-to-back premiere episodes. Virtually connecting with celebrities including Snoop Dogg, Lupita Nyong’o, Richard Gere and more, she works on outdoor projects while giving them advice.

Room 104 HBO 10 p.m.

Sam (Jillian Bell), a woman staying in Room 104, is forced to confront her history of addiction in this new episode of the Duplass brothers’ unique anthology series. This episode was directed by Karan Soni and written by Mark Duplass.

(Times listed are based on Central time zones.)

Saturday, 8-1 Lucky Dog CBS 7 a.m.

Animal trainer Brandon McMillan takes on seemingly “unadoptable” dogs in this heart-warming family series. He brings them to Lucky Dog Ranch, where he retrains the pups to be suitable pets before lucky families bring the pooches home.

Rock the Park ABC 10:30 a.m.

Get back in touch with nature as co-hosts Jack Steward and Colton Smith visit awe-inspiring destinations. The guys invite viewers to tag along as they get up close and personal with a few of America’s greatest assets: its national parks.

Movie: Jojo Rabbit HBO 7 p.m.

When a Hitler Youth member learns that his own mother is hiding a Jewish girl, he is forced to question his beliefs and confront his imaginary friend. Roman Griffin Davis and Scarlett Johansson star in this dramedy from director Taika Waititi.

Line of Duty AMC 10 p.m.

In the Season 3 finale of this hit British procedural drama, D.S. Steve Arnott (Martin Compston) realizes he has been framed by someone within the department, and Cottan (Craig Parkinson) comes under suspicion. Vicky McClure also stars.

Sunday, 8-2

Movie: A Murder to Remember Lifetime 7 p.m.

While on a camping trip to celebrate one year together, a young woman’s boyfriend suddenly dies, leaving her completely alone in the wilderness.

When another camper stumbles upon her she accepts his help, but he isn’t what he seems.

The Chi Showtime 8 p.m.

Lena Waithe joins the cast of this hit drama as a Chicago politician when Season 3 continues with this new episode. The beginning of this season saw Kevin’s (Alex Hibbert) mother, Nina (Tyla Abercrumbie), marry her girlfriend Karen (Malkia Stampley).

Movie: The Go-Gos Showtime 9:00 p.m.

This film chronicles the story of the unforgettable, number one punk rock girl group, The Go-Gos. Charlotte Caffey, Belinda Carlisle, Gina Schock, Kathy Valentine and Jane Wiedlin reunite to assess their impact on music history and female musicians.

Vicky McClure stars in the hit Brit procedural drama Line of Duty. The Season 3 finale airs at 10 pm Saturday on AMC.

The Osbournes Want to Believe TRAV 9 p.m.

All-star Best Thing I Ever Ate FOOD 8 p.m.

Backyard Envy Bravo 9 p.m.

Jack Osbourne of Travel Channel’s Portals to Hell shares footage from his paranormal studies with his parents Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne in this series premiere.

Videos of UFOs, poltergeists and more leave his famous family members in awe.

This new episode is all about delicious meats, from gigantic steaks to succulent flame-roasted chops. Martha Stewart taste tests Wagyu beef from a flame grill, and Guy Fieri lets viewers in on where to find the best, most meaty burritos.

You’ll be as green with envy as the grass in these beautiful backyard spaces when Season 2 of this landscaping series kicks off. The Manscapers tackle disastrous outdoor areas, transforming them into perfect places to party and relax with the family.

Monday, 8-3

Tuesday, 8-4

Wednesday, 8-5

In order to raise $5,000 to pay the taxes on the orphanage that was their childhood home, two bumbling brothers reassemble their band after one of them is released from prison. John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd star in this classic comedy.

When Andie (Molly Ringwald), a quirky teen from the wrong side of the tracks becomes involved with a rich and popular boy (Andrew McCarthy), the two are harshly ridiculed by their classmates.

James Spader also stars in this John Hughes teen classic.

Bill (Will Sasso) and Jo (Christina Vidal Mitchell) stick to each other’s sides, trying their best to maintain a united front in the face of judgment from their extended families, co-workers, other parents and even their own kids in this new comedy.

Hoarders A&E 7 p.m.

DC’s Stargirl CW 7 p.m.

Property Brothers HGTV 7 p.m.

Movie: The Blues Brothers AMC 9 a.m.

In a new episode of this reality TV show, a woman’s 5000 square-foot home is filled with the remnants of a business that ended when her husband passed away. This series looks at the plight of those who are driven to hoard.

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

CW 7 p.m.

So You Think You Can Dance winner and star of Roswell, New Mexico, Jeanine Mason, joins Ryan Stiles, Wayne Brady and Colin Mochrie on the stage for improv fun in this rebroadcast. Aisha Tyler hosts, presenting goofy situations for the cast to enact.

Ed O’Neill stars in Modern Family, airing Tuesday at 7:30 pm on ABC. DuluthReader.com

Movie: Pretty in Pink Showtime 3:30 p.m.

United We Fall ABC 7 p.m.

Rick (Cameron Gellman) makes a breakthrough while the team prepares for their final showdown with ISA in this new episode.

Courtney (Brec Bassinger) and Pat (Luke Wilson) regroup with everyone to create a plan for what comes next.

Don’t miss this new special as Drew and Johnathan Scott count down the most shocking and complete property transformations they have ever worked on. More than simple renovations, these finished homes ended up looking nothing like they did originally.

The Swamp HBO 8 p.m.

Coroner CW 8 p.m.

This documentary explores the top-down power structure in Washington, and the shocking effects of it within the Republican Party.

Members of the Freedom Caucus give unprecedented, access to show what goes on.

Deadliest Catch Animal Planet 3 p.m.

Tune in for a marathon of new Season 13 episodes of this exciting nature series. In this episode, the biggest storm of the season arrives, leaving Bill struggling to pilot his new boat and Johnathan facing a massive swell in False Pass.

The Unicorn CBS 7:30 p.m.

Walton Goggins stars as single father Wade in this hit comedy, which was recently renewed for a second season. Stuck in a rut after the death of his wife, Wade needs help getting back into the dating world. Rob Corddry also stars.

Christina Vidal Mitchell stars in the new ABC comedy United We Fall, airing Wednesdays at 7 pm.

In the American premiere of this Canadian series, Dr. Jenny Cooper (Serinda Swan) takes her first case as a coroner. Life upended by the death of her husband, Jenny navigates raising a teenage son on her own while working the troubling case.

Thursday, 7-31

Outlaw Chronicles: Hells Angels History 11 a.m.

The Hells Angels motorcycle club is known as one of the most secretive organizations in the world. In this ground-breaking six-part series, the club’s former president reveals its secrets to the world, from initiation rites to murder for hire.

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FRIDAY 5 AM: FSN WNBA Basketball Chicago Sky vs. Minnesota Lynx.

8 AM: FSN ATP Tennis Classics 2019 Shanghai Masters Quarter-final Djokovic vs. Tsitsipas 10 AM: FSN WNBA Basketball Chicago Sky vs. Minnesota Lynx.

4:45 PM: ESPN NBA Basketball Boston Celtics vs. Milwaukee Bucks, HP Field House - Orlando, Fla. Live 5 PM: NBCSN PLL Lacrosse Chaos vs.

Whipsnakes Live 6 PM: KQDS WWE SmackDown Live

FSN MLB Baseball Cleveland Indians at Minnesota Twins, Target Field, Live 7:05 PM: ESPN NBA Basketball Houston Rockets vs. Dallas Mavericks Noon: FSN MLB Baseball Cleveland Indians at Minnesota Twins.

1 AM: ESPN NBA Basketball Houston Rockets vs. Dallas Mavericks.

SATURDAY

6:55 AM: ESPN F1 Auto Racing British Grand Prix Qualifying Site: Silverstone Circuit - Live 8 AM: NBCSN NHL Hockey Classics St. Louis Blues vs. Boston Bruins 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs Final Game 7 10 AM: NBCSN NHL Hockey New York Rangers vs. Carolina Hurricanes Stanley Cup Playoffs Eastern Conference Qualifier Game 1 11 AM: KBJR PLL Lacrosse Atlas vs.

Redwoods Championship Series 11:15 AM: ESPN NBA Basketball Miami Heat vs. Denver Nuggets.

Noon: KBJR-2 PGA Golf St. Jude Invitational Round 3 Site: TPC Southwind - Memphis, Tenn. Live 1 PM: KBJR NHL Hockey Chicago Blackhawks vs. Edmonton Oilers Stanley Cup Playoffs Final Game 1.

1:30 PM: ESPN NBA Basketball Utah Jazz vs. Oklahoma City Thunder

4 PM: KCWV Flag Football Championship

ESPN NBA Basketball New Orleans Pelicans vs. Los Angeles Clippers.

5 PM: KQDS MLB Baseball Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees.

NBCSN Horse Racing Live 6 PM: KBJR NHL Hockey Montréal Canadiens vs. Pittsburgh Penguins Stanley Cup Playoffs Final Game 1 6:30 PM: ESPN NBA Basketball Los Angeles Lakers vs. Toronto Raptors 7 PM: SHOW Boxing Showtime Championship Stephen Fulton Jr. vs. Angelo Leo Site: Mohegan Sun Casino.

8:30 PM: NBCSN NHL Hockey Winnipeg Jets vs. Calgary Flames Stanley Cup Playoffs Western Conference Qualifier Game 1 11:30 PM: NBCSN NHL Hockey Classics St. Louis Blues vs. Boston Bruins 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs Final Game 7 Midnight: ESPN NBA Basketball Los Angeles Lakers vs. Toronto Raptors 1:55 AM: ESPN KBO Baseball Live

SUNDAY

7 AM: SHOW Boxing Showtime Championship Stephen Fulton vs.

Angelo Leo Site: Mohegan Sun Casino.

7:05 AM: ESPN F1 Auto Racing British Grand Prix Site: Silverstone Circuit.

8 AM: NBCSN IMSA Auto Racing Grand Prix of Sebring Pilot Challenge.

10 AM: KBJR-2 WTT Tennis - Sulphur Springs, TX Live

KBJR IMSA Auto Racing Road America SportsCar Championship Elkhart Lake, Wis. Live

NBCSN PLL Lacrosse Whipsnakes vs. Archers Live 11 AM: ESPN WNBA Basketball Phoenix Mercury vs. New York Liberty

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TBS MLB Baseball New York Mets at Atlanta Braves 1 PM: KBJR-2 PGA Golf St. Jude Invitational Final Round Site: TPC Southwind - Memphis, Tenn. Live

KBJR NHL Hockey Boston Bruins vs. Philadelphia Flyers Stanley Cup Playoffs Round Robin

NBCSN NASCAR Auto Racing Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 Cup Series, Live 1:30 PM: WDIO NBA Basketball Portland Trail Blazers vs. Boston Celtics 4:30 PM: NBCSN NHL Hockey St. Louis Blues vs. Colorado Avalanche Stanley Cup Playoffs Western Conference Round Robin.

5 PM: ESPN MLB Baseball Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees.

6:30 PM: WDIO NBA Basketball Milwaukee Bucks vs. Houston Rockets 7 PM: NBCSN NHL Hockey Columbus Blue Jackets at Toronto Maple Leafs Stanley Cup Playoffs Eastern Conference Qualifier Game 1 8:30 PM: NBCSN NHL Hockey Minnesota Wild vs. Vancouver Canucks Stanley Cup Playoffs Western Conference Qualifier Game 1 11:30 PM: NBCSN AVP Beach Volleyball Porsche Cup 2 AM: ESPN NBA Basketball Milwaukee Bucks vs. Houston Rockets.

MONDAY

10 AM: NBCSN NHL Hockey New York Rangers vs. Carolina Hurricanes Stanley Cup Playoffs Eastern Conference Qualifier Game 2 12:30 PM: NBCSN NHL Hockey Winnipeg Jets vs. Calgary Flames Stanley Cup Playoffs Western Conference Qualifier Game 2 2 PM: NBCSN NHL Hockey Washington Capitals vs. Tampa Bay Lightning Stanley Cup Playoffs Eastern Conference Round Robin 4:30 PM: NBCSN NHL Hockey Dallas Stars vs. Vegas Golden Knights Stanley Cup Playoffs 4:45 PM: ESPN NBA Basketball Memphis Grizzlies vs. New Orleans Pelicans 6 PM: NBCSN NHL Hockey Montréal Canadiens vs. Pittsburgh Penguins Stanley Cup Playoffs Eastern Conference Qualifier Game 2

USA WWE Raw Live 7:05 PM: ESPN NBA Basketball Los Angeles Lakers vs. Utah Jazz 8:30 PM: NBCSN NHL Hockey Chicago Blackhawks at Edmonton Oilers Stanley Cup Playoffs Western Conference Qualifier Game 2 11:30 PM: NBCSN IMSA Auto Racing Road America - Elkhart Lake.

1:30 AM: ESPN NBA Basketball Los

Angeles Lakers vs. Utah Jazz

TUESDAY

10 AM: NBCSN NHL Hockey Florida Panthers vs. New York Islanders Stanley Cup Playoffs Eastern Conference Qualifier Game 2 12:30 PM: NBCSN NHL Hockey Arizona Coyotes vs. Nashville Predators Stanley Cup Playoffs Western Conference Qualifier Game 2 2 PM: NBCSN NHL Hockey Columbus Blue Jackets at Toronto Maple Leafs Stanley Cup Playoffs Eastern Conference Qualifier 5:30 PM NBCSN NHL Hockey Calgary Flames vs. Winnipeg Jets Stanley Cup Playoffs Western Conference Qualifier Game 3

TNT NBA Basketball Boston Celtics vs. Miami Heat 5 PM: ESPN MLB Baseball Live 6 PM: NBCSN NHL Hockey Carolina Hurricanes vs. New York Rangers Stanley Cup Playoffs Eastern Conference Qualifier Game 3 7 PM: TNT NBA Basketball Houston Rockets vs. Portland Trail Blazers 8 PM: ESPN MLB Baseball Live 8:30 PM: NBCSN PLL Lacrosse Live 10:30 PM: NBCSN FIM Superbike Spanish Round Site: Circuito de Jerez Jerez de la Frontera, Spain

TNT NBA Basketball Boston Celtics vs. Miami Heat

WEDNESDAY 10 AM: NBCSN NHL Hockey New York Islanders vs. Florida Panthers Stanley Cup Playoffs Eastern Conference Qualifier Game 3 12:30 PM: NBCSN NHL Hockey Nashville Predators vs. Arizona Coyotes Stanley Cup Playoffs Western Conference Qualifier Game 3 2 PM: NBCSN NHL Hockey Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Boston Bruins Stanley Cup Playoffs Eastern Conference Round Robin 4:30 PM: NBCSN NHL Hockey Colorado Avalanche vs. Dallas Stars Stanley Cup Playoffs Western Conference Round Robin 5:45 PM: ESPN NBA Basketball Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Los Angeles Lakers 6 PM: NBCSN NHL Hockey Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Montréal Canadiens Stanley Cup Playoffs Eastern Conference Qualifier Game 3

USA WWE NXT Live 7:05 PM: ESPN NBA Basketball Brooklyn Nets vs. Boston Celtics Site: The Arena - Orlando, Fla. Live 9:30 PM: NBCSN NHL Hockey Edmonton Oilers vs. Chicago Blackhawks Stanley Cup Playoffs Western Conference Qualifier Game 3

CROSSWORD

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By Thomas Joseph

A X Y D L B A A X is LONGFELLOW One letter stands for another. In this sample, A is used for

R

the three L’s, X for the two O’s, etc. Single letters, apostrophes, the length and formation of the words are all hints. Each day the code letters are different.

SCOM SI JOHH EOQHGTI QZ YBM MCI EOHHQYV NBSY AGM MCI ZMOLQYV NBSY. — POTL UQJDEBTN

ACROSS 1 – Texas border town 7 – Toledo setting 11 – Became frosted 12 – Jack or joker 13 – Give the meaning of 14 – Pine or palm 15 – Showed fear 17 – Tampa team 20 – One of the Titans 23 – “— little teapot ...”

24 – Internet stop 26 – Knight’s title 27 – Annex 28 – French denial 29 – Chess finish 31 – Punk rock offshoot 32 – Energy choice 33 – Cold War side 34 – Fly or flea 37 – Circus sight 39 – Reunion group 43 – Finished 44 – Soup holder 45 – Effortless 46 – Forwarded DuluthReader.com

DOWN 1 – Pot part 2 – Great serve 3 – Field worker 4 – Works copy 5 – Sahara sight 6 – Ready for business 7 – Big singing groups 8 – Uncompromising positions 9 – Rage 10 – Keats work 16 – Black color 17 – Gets up 18 – — acids 19 – Gridiron markings 21 – Molecule’s makeup 22 – Madrid mister 24 – Sports 25 – Avenue tree 30 – Launch site sight 33 – Road reversal 35 – Puts away 36 – Detective’s find 37 – Sandal sight

38 – Mendes of movies 40 – Got together 41 – The Matrix hero 42 – Roadhouse

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THIS IS THE END Photo of the week A biting message prompted by Ivanka Trump’s Aug. 27 visit to Duluth Pack in Canal Park.

This message references The Pledge to America’s Workers that Duluth Pack owners Duluth Pack’s Mark Oestreich and Tom Sega signed. This creative display was across the street from the business during the Trump entourage’s blitzkrieg visit.

Photo by Richard Thomas Do you have a photo you want us to consider for this spot? If so, send it to info@ readerduluth.com, with details on what it is and why you are nominating it.

High resolution photos only, please.

Quote of the week Since we have officially arrived at the dog days of summer, it seemed a dog quote is appropriate. While there are many, this is one of the best, and it perfectly encapsulates the surrealistic humor of everyone’s favorite Marxist.

“Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend.

Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.”

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